Well, I was wrong about something. Last week I thought that the Republicans in the House of Representatives would have to turn to Democrats for some sort of power-sharing deal.
I should have realized that, as they always do, the moderate Republicans would cave and do what the ultra-conservatives want: pick a hard-right Speaker.
Apologies! And apologies for bring this divisive topic onto my otherwise saintly blog.
Hmmm. I'm not even sure what good the "conservative" and "liberal" monikers do -- as the former is vacuous (conserve -- what?) and the latter is misleading (as whatever so-called "liberals" are for, it certainly isn't liberty/liberation).
Regardless: In a political climate where robbing Peter to pay Paul is universally accepted, we surely can't reason that Republicans, ideologically, are drifting *away* from the Left. If alive today, John F. Kennedy, based on his policies, would be a Republican -- which, in the present moment, is as much a commentary on the Republicans' movement leftward as the Democrats' movement even more leftward. In almost no way (if any) is our public policy moving to the right, properly defined. . . .