Monday, April 11, 2011

Punching Hippies Might Feel Good, But...

As Digby suggests, it's somewhat of a mystery why centrists fail to understand that The Left can be useful as something other than punching bag. When the only acceptable discourse is between The New Republic and The Free Republic, what you're going to get is basically a solidly Republican outcome. TNR-type folks don't have to agree with The Left, they just have to position themselves in the middle instead of chasing us out of the room.