We`re Facing A Very Different

For Those Of Us Who Consider Ourselves Political Moderates, Life Is A Dispiriting Slog, A Sorry Mix Of Rectitude And Ineptitude.

The Democrats Current Crudeness Is A Function Of Their Desperation, And The Imminent Ratification Of Howard Dean, The Least Charming Presidential Candidate In Recent Memory, As Their Party Chairman Only Serves To Punctuate The Problem.

We`re Facing A Very Different Sort Of Threat Now, A More Amorphous Threat, Al Qaeda, Terrorism, And So On. And So The Military Has Abandoned The Two-war Strategy.

Political Courage Requires Clarity. The Obama Administration Chose The Tortured Route Of Arguing The Legality Of The Individual Mandate Via The Interstate Commerce Clause For One Simple Reason: It Did Not Want To Take The Political Risk Of Allowing Opponents To Call It A Tax Increase. That Was Stupid. The Republicans Were Calling It A Tax Increase Anyway.

You Know, Larger Than Life Is Always Better Than Smaller Than Life In Politicians. And, You Know, God Save Us From Mediocrities.