Center of Attention
A round up of recent reporting and commentary by a few centrist, moderate, and independent bloggers.
Considering Iraq, even moderates are growing less-moderate with each passing day, as this post by Jim Martin suggests.
GOP Presidential candidate Ron Paul may not have a chance of winning the nomination, but his fresh, libertarian voice has sparked considerable attention in the moderate blogosphere; most recently at Michael vdG’s place. (As one of the first candidates to respond to our inquiries, Dr. Paul will likewise be one of the first candidates featured in our upcoming, long-in-development Q&A series.)
Andrew Sullivan spotlights the voice of two readers; one on GWB’s loss of support in the reddest part of a red state; the other on why there has been no major attack on U.S. soil since 9/11. (Also, thanks to Andrew for his pointer-post, yesterday, to our interview with James Surowiecki, published Thursday.)
GTL is frustrated with “Do Nothing Dems.”
Sean Aqui discusses Christian junk mail and a disturbing but unconfirmed story from an Iraq.
McQ focuses on the struggles of soldier supporters “on the home front.”
Cross-posting at Neomugwump and Central Sanity, Dennis Sanders takes Senator McCain to task for turning his back on the heroism of Mark Bingham.
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You say Ron Paul has no chance of winning the nomination or the election? The ONLY reason that may be so is because the media (including you) keep harping on that theme.
Ron Paul CAN win if enough people start saying that he can. Let’s start a positive feedback loop instead a negative one.
willers – Ron Paul will win – when the POTUS ticket is Paul vs Saunders(Vt). A moderate Libertarian Party I would welcome, but the short wave radio-food&bunker- 911 conspiracy-Rumsfeld Disease crowd would frighten the general public. Iam a liberal-Libertarian and the tin hat crowd I mention is what stops me from joining the Lib Party.
No, Ron Paul voted against authorization for the Iraq war.
There’s no way the wingnuts are going to nominate him. He’s not even a Republican.
I found the account of McCain and the gay hero very compellin – no, revolditng.
I guess ex-Maverick McCain can’t afford to piss off Jerry Falwell.
Is it just me or are the GOP candidates trying desperately to fit into the same cookie cutter mold set up for them by religious conservatives? That and trying too hard to imitate Ronald Reagan keep most of them from seeming very authentic. McCain seemed really stiff in the debate the other night, as he shifted to the right as hard as he could.