Hope abounds when left and right agree.
Ralph Peters explains why he’s “for McCain, but not the GOP.” I don’t agree with everything Peters writes here, but I thought this particular comment was pure gold: “I’m disgusted with both political parties. The Republicans have abandoned their principles while the Democrats have abandoned their senses.”
Jay Newton-Small builds on the recent David Brooks’ meme about the “other side of Obama.” (And if you missed it this morning, check out the contribution to this category by TMV’s own Shaun Mullen.)
Finally, at Donklephant, a passionate critique of the compromise FISA bill — in which the comments exchange, between the post-author and blog-publisher (Justin Gardner), offers a capsulized version of the key arguments made by those who accept the perceived pragmatism of this compromise and those who don’t.