A Weblog of Centrist Voices in American Politics
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October 22, 2003The CenterbotI've adapted the Clarkbot to serve as a Centerbot, a Perl script which searches Feedster for blogs which use the term "centrist" and presents the results in a format suitable for posting. I'm delighted to discover a new centrist blog, Centrist Intelligence, which seems to have started, if I'm reading this right, early this morning! Next, the Log Blog has some interesting comparisons between the Clark and McCain campaigns. Finnegan Begin Again I have not previously attempted to write a weblog, so I shall now do just that. Like the man who climbs the mountain for no other reason than that it stands before him, I find myself compelled to pen my thoughts about politics. First among my duties... Paralells between the Clark campaign and the McCain Campaign of 2000 It occurred to me today that there are a number of similarities between the campaign of General Clark and that of Senator McCain in 2000. The most striking is their apparent centrist approach. General Clark has not said a lot about many specific issues.. The Clark Sphere: Centrist Coalition's Clarkbot Stirling Newberry reported: "Want to know what is going on around the blog space related to Clark? The Centrist coalition has "Clarkbot" which gathers the day's posts - but be forewarned, it's everything and Clark bloggers aren't shy about weighing... Writing in the Christian Science Monitor, Amitai Etzioni writes: So how did the Demo-crats get elected? By running on a centrist - not liberal - message, as Bill Clinton did in 1991. He took the Democratic party toward the political center, drawing... One of the more mystifying side-stories of the Watergate scandal was Nixon's directive to firebomb the Brookings Institution in Washington. It's mystifying because to anyone in Washington in the last two decades, Brookings has hardly seemed a left-wing.. So I went reading through the "civil" war articles and I found myself thinking - for some of those so called differences - "and you think that's a bad thing?"What's really interesting to me is that it goes back to something my political science teacher.. The Sophorist points out one of the disconnects that the current Democratic party positions have with mainstream Americans: James G. Lakely writes "Democrats rethink gun-congrol stance" in the Washington Times: The perception that Democrats are hostile.. Gregg Easterbrook is a think tanker at the Brookings Institution, a more or less centrist / status quo-ist (i.e. center/left)... John Derbyshire worries that a third-party candidate could hand 2004 to the Democrats. I don't think there's even a remote chance of that happening. 1992 was very different from today's political climate. Clinton was running as a "new Democrat" - a... First my apologies to Chris for quoting his whole entry, but he might die some day and I don't want to lose this one. I should have written about this before: the contention that you have no ideology is foolishness. Everybody has an ideology even if... You are "Welcome to the Caribbean, love."You're more than a little world-weary, but alsointelligent and you keep your head when thingsget dodgy. You're everybody's favoritedrinking buddy, but your stubbornness does getin the way sometimes. Which one of.. James G. Lakely writes "Democrats rethink gun-congrol stance" in the Washington Times. Excerpt: The perception that Democrats are hostile to the rights of gun owners has damaged the party in the last two elections and will do so again in 2004 unless they The Washington Post runs a story this morning on how political players are contemplating the sea-change that your participation in our campaign represents: Howard Dean's success raising money and mobilizing voters has provoked a growing debate among... Andrew Sullivan: For Wesley Clark to become Howard Dean's running-mate. It would be a great, centrist Democrat-Republican ticket I had this discussion a few weeks back after the seminar in the US Embassy. Jim Ledbetter and Ben made the very... Matt Stinson tears into CalPundit for his risible suggestion that he, Paul Krugman, and Atrios are “moderates” (see also John Cole). Allow me to add my two cents. Newsflash to Kevin (and anyone else in punditry under the misguided impression. Well, I went out last night and had a nice time. I kept a smile on my face, kept things light, and in general was just enjoying myself. I ran into "SdSuperstar" and his other friend, "CrazyHair". They were in high spirits and helped me to have a better.. Your political compassEconomic Left/Right: -6.75Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.92Heh, that puts me more left and more anarchic than Ghandi. Looking at the "international chart" they have, I'm like a merge between Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama.Though,. [Here’s another example of a) the Green Party’s maturation as a political vehicle, and in the kind of candidates it attracts (Tom Hutchings, down in Santa Barbara, is another), and b) the slow erosion of the Democratic Party’s lock on.. Clint Would Buy That For A Dollar Random thoughts: 1.Why does even the left-wing media say things like: “Howard Dean is the most progressive option for the Democrats (besides Kucinich)”? This occurs in both the Progressive and the Nation’s current issues. It’s time to take Dennis I've never liked the New Republic. One of my close friends used to call it the 'New Republican.' A cheap shot sure. But I never could figure out their editorial-ideological slant. That's why it made and makes me uncomfortable. That it why it gives me... This Marriage Protection Week is about the most insulting, offensive, and gratuitous thing I've seen in quite some time from a president. No, I haven't forgotten how much I despise Clinton, either -- but Bush surely is a crappy follow-up. Crikey, why... Becky Miller, formerly Sizemore's aide, has this to say about Franken's book: It is an amazing book, and -- if you're a decent, honest, hard-working, patriotic, true-blue conservative who listens to Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly and watches Fox News -- Reviving the name Conservative Party of Canada, the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance are planning to merge to create a united right-wing alternative to the Liberal Party of Canada. The key reason for the merger: the fear that a more... Want to know what is going on around the blog space related to Clark? the Centrist coalition has "Clark Bot" which gathers the day's posts - but beforewarned, its everything and Clark bloggers aren't shy about weighing in on every... Or at least, one less reason to vote for him. Wampum reports that Rep. Brad Carson of Oklahoma, a Democrat and an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation, will run for Oklahoma's open US Senate seat in 2004. If Carson can get solid support from Oklahoma's In The New Stop-Dean Candidate - Howard Dean. By William Saletan you can read all the "bad" things that Howard Dean has done. What the alleged centrists in the DNC say: Dean is too liberal What they mean: He scares the... Slate's Saletan on Dean "All year, Howard Dean has been gaining ground in the Democratic presidential race. And all year, Democratic centrists have been scrambling for a candidate to stop him. He's too liberal, they said. He's soft on defense, a Vermon Midterms Are Done. Much Like Clint's Brain. People claim the media is the instrument of the left(right). They claim that the liberal(conservative) agenda is destroying the credibility of the news. And, they're right...You see, the media is very centrist, with slight leanings one way or the other.. William Saletan over at Slate has a few good words for the Howard Dean that people have started to discover. A George McGovern Dean is not. We still will love the foreign policy, but as his opponents try to attack him on domestic issues there are more a Apologize if I sent this earlier. It's being noticed by Clark supporters in Texas, so evidently, this columnist from the Virginian-Pilot is widely read. If you have a moment, email her (her address is below the column) and comment or thank her. They... Guilt By Association Is Alive And Well
My, what a difference a few months makes....Slate's William Saletan on Dean: All year, Howard Dean has been gaining ground in the Democratic presidential race. And all year, Democratic centrists have been scrambling for a candidate to stop him. He's too. Steven Den Beste has another long but valuable overview of the American electoral process and why it doesn't bode well for the Democrats in 2004. Indeed, as I've mentioned many, many times, I'm a big believer of Anthony Downs, who formally theorized and. If You Can't Name Your Football Team's QB But Can Name All Nine Supreme Court Justices, You Might Be A Geek. Lieberman and boredom... The New York Times did a piece about how the Joe Man (Lieberman) is kinda sucking in the Democratic Presidential race (duh). His name rhymes with boring (well, in a sense). Lieberman, the Centrist in the Middle of the Pack By... From The New York Times, by Edward Wyatt Many Democrats say Mr. Lieberman's prospects are diminished by the same factors... Posted by rickheller at October 22, 2003 08:34 AMComments
That's awesome, Rick. Very cool to get a snapshot of all the conversations involving "centrist" at any given moment. I've visited a few of the links and am looking at some of the others. Posted to the new Centrist Intelligence blog. Posted by: William Swann at October 22, 2003 11:04 AMWhile my blog is decidedly not centrist (I guess it depends how you define 'centrist'), I do appreciate the link to my blog 'Tikun Olam' above. On the issue of anti Semitism hopefully there is no right, left or center. Richard Posted by: richards1052 at November 1, 2003 12:39 AM... hmm, I found this while doing a "vanity search" on Google via SirPrizes.com... I'm not sure what in the world would cause your 'bot to label a post about Matt Gonzalez's success at reaching the runoff, and the Green Party's maturation, as "centrist", but hey - I sure think I'm a "centrist", at least when compared with the avowedly classical Marxist folks I hang out with! Posted by: Thomas Leavitt at November 6, 2003 03:51 AM |
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