Good luck in your search, but after four years' of looking, there isn't one to be found. (I would be grateful to be proven wrong).

As an Ayn Rand libertarian with a pragmatic streak, I find either the predominant genre's are either of RedState or FireDogLake philosophies. AtlasShrugs is a dissappointment for its susceptibility to conspiracy theories. Reason is a dissapointment because it is more a thinkpiece magazine than a discussion forum. You might try Ann Althouse……it is lively and does jump around unpredictably on philosophy, albeit largely around a centrist core.

Joe's philosophy of getting to centrism seems to be largely by means of averaging out the polarity of individual editors rather than enforcing a code of writing for balance within each editor's article. To his credit, he has led by example recently by intentionally writing in a point/counterpoint fashion when dissecting his favorite subject…polls. And based on Leo's responses to a couple of recent Kattenburg posts, she has advertently or inadvertently composed to achieve the same style.

Father_Time is our resident homophobic, zenophobic, misogynistic hater of all things Republican. DQ is our resident hater of all things individualistic, capitalistic or non-Union/non trades. He regales us with the superior environments of European socialism, but for some reason, doesn't just move there and find happiness. Sil is our resident liberal conspiracy theorist with her own counterintuitive dose of homophobia and religious fundamentalism thrown in…….Go figure.

Nonetheless, I see you bring your own bias baggage by your claim of “neocons” here. I've been here four years….and while there were some here (like me) who supported trying to get the prosecution of the Iraq War figured out (i.e., Petraeus thinking) and didn't necessarily shed a tear for the removal of Saddam, but to a man/woman, we never defended the efficacy of Bremer, Rumsfeld or Bush nor “nation-building” as a philosophy. Certainly, as far as Afghanistan goes, while some of my colleagues are willing to go with another surge round, many of us have concluded it will be a similar low yield endeavour.

I would advance your points for awhile instead of advancing complaints against posters who Joe has no control over their medication doses.

Topping the list is Artur Davis of Alabama, who comes from a D+18 district but yet has voted against his party on health care, detainees, cap-and-trade and Stupak. Fortunately, Democrats won't have to primary him — he's quitting the Congress to run for governor — but he's doing a fair amount of damage in the meantime. Following Davis are John Barrow of Georgia, who has been the subject of a primary challenge before, and then Marcy Kaptur of Ohio. Then there's our good friend Parker Griffith, who voted against the Democrats on all ten bills — fellow Alabaman Bobby Bright (who I'd give 60/40 odds of also joining the Republicans) was the only other Democrat to have done so.

No great loss for the Democrats…

Maybe so, but I think he made it from the heart, not the brain.

What's wrong with this guy? Don't you think he's old enough to use his brains?

“If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain.”
Winston Churchill

Apparently you have not heard my liturgy against gay rights.

BTW, “basterds” is spelled correctly. It is a reference in humor to the movie title “Inglorious Basterds”. A horrible movie about a hillbilly Jew whom kills “Natzis” with aplomb.

KATHY–I would have taken you to this awful movie Kathy, my Bohemian wiseacre, but you hate me. Would have done me good to watch you salivate at the horrible disfiguring deaths of so many conservatives.

Actually Leonidas, we have a nice spot in a re-education camp reserved for you. Where we will teach you to share.

This blog is not a voice of “moderates” but dominated by the hard core left with a smattering of neocons and other malcontents. Nothing wrong with that, but how about some truth in advertising? The “Moderate Voice”? Spare me the platitude. Whose moderate voice?? The editor is in the distinct minority here. By the way, spelling is a prereq to expository. It's spelled “bastards”…

I felt that way not so long ago, when there was an even more left side orientation (at least in my opinion), we are seeing more conservative oriented posting now. But one thing I did, was to volunteer to write to help fix what I saw as imbalance. I was offered a chance to post via submitting items to T-Steel, and while I'm not incredibly prolific I have posted a few items. I suggest sending T-Steel an email and telling him your concerns and offerring to submit more moderate material according to your definition, but be warned, the staff here might actually take you up on the offer.

If you see a problem, sometimes the best thing to do is to step up and offer to help fix it.

May I point out that the remarks you quoted as evidence that TMV is “not moderate” come from a READER? Not a staff member or a contributing writer? Did you notice additionally that the particular reader who made those remarks is quite atypical in both his opinions and the manner in which he chooses to express them?

I think your comment was unfair in the extreme, and I think you owe everyone at TMV an apology.

I agree with you.

“Have I mentioned lately that businessmen need to be horsewhipped daily? Simply so that the karma of the universe remains undisturbed and the rest of us are not put at risk by their ugly BS.”

This blog is not a voice of “moderates” but dominated by the hard core left with a smattering of neocons and other malcontents. Nothing wrong with that, but how about some truth in advertising? The “Moderate Voice”? Spare me the platitude. Whose moderate voice?? The editor is in the distinct minority here. By the way, spelling is a prereq to expository. It's spelled “bastards”…

He is to stupid to negotiate anything for his district so he turn-coated. Good.

Meanwhile more Democrats are lining up looking for bribes

Nelson Says More Senators Seeking Special Treatment in Light of Nebraska Deal
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/22/nels…

The AP has a rundown of the Concessions so far
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALe…

Republicans are stupid treasonous basterds so he is now in good company.

Darn and all this time I thought we were what Sheldon Whitehouse called us, ie racist, birthers from right-wing militias and Aryan support groups…..

Guess I better trade in my white hood for a jihadi outfit and go suicide bomb some military base eh?

In all seriousness, Parker Griffith made a stupid decision.

Maybe so, but I think he made it from the heart, not the brain.

As a doctor, he is just another businessman to me. No better than a shoe salesman in his circumstance.

Have I mentioned lately that businessmen need to be horsewhipped daily? Simply so that the karma of the universe remains undisturbed and the rest of us are not put at risk by their ugly BS.

Republicans are stupid treasonous basterds so he is now in good company.