Last fall, after President Bush nominated his White House counsel, Harriet Miers, to the Supreme Court, the conservative blog Redstate.com explained the vehement opposition to the choice. It was not so much doubts about Mierss conservatism, but the very fact that she could win confirmation without a fight: [The White House] does not understand how […]
Mark Schmitt
Mark Schmitt, a frequent contributor to these pages, is director of the program on political reform at New America and a columnist for the New Republic.
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Backseat Strategists
Even for the most outspokenly liberal author represented here, David Sirota, it is the passion, clarity, and narrative coherence of a liberal message that makes it appealing, more than its content. One suspects that if a moderately conservative message didn’t sound so damn wishy-washy, it would be unobjectionable. In fact, that seems to be the […]
