He is among a growing number of mainly old-fashioned Republicans who think that their party has got on the wrong side of a huge demographic trend, the growth of Latinos and Asians.
Even this small reduction, moreover, is accounted for by demographic trends rather than the program itself.
In an article published in September 2009, Mr Medvedev wrote about the ineffective economy, the half-Soviet social system, weak democracy, negative demographic trends and an unstable Caucasus.
Such demographic trends suggest that our county will not have to construct new school buildings and that we can therefore decrease the budget for county-funded public schools.
