A round up of recent reporting and commentary by a few centrist, moderate, and independent bloggers.
Writing at Political Cortex, Joel Hirschhorn (aka, statusquobuster) address the “evils of lesser evil voting.”
Libby Spencer wonders if Fred Thompson is a “savior” or a certain someone who (among Christians, at least) is the opposite of savior and whose name also starts with an “S.” (Thanks for playing this edition of “Pleased to Meet You, Won’t You Guess My Name?”)
Meanwhile, Libby’s co-blogger, Jim Martin, simultaneously demonstrates (a) that some bloggers still have a life, and (b) the “dangers” of blogging while relaxing.
Amba suggests Fred and Barack are possibly the real front runners, now, and why Fred might have a leg up in a head-to-head contest between them.
David Schraub joins the list of voices (now up to at least two, with me being the other one) who are questioning the validity and substance of federalism.
At Mirror on America, rikyrah tackles the root cause of the NFL’s “image problem.” (And I tend to agree with her, despite being a blithering fanatic of the game.)
Justin Gardner chimes in on two subjects: (a) Bush asking for more international AIDS prevention money; and (b) Ron Paul, just in case you thought the latter would go silently into the night.
Andrew Sullivan cites Peter Hitchens on “God and The Eighties.”
Enamored of small towns? Writing at GTL, Buffalo Brown suggests there’s at least one you might want to avoid, especially if you’re an Internet junkie.