The Balkinization blog has been a must read, recently.
some tidbits:
BROKEN GOVERNMENT WATCH
Why an assertive Executive can rule the roost, still, on "secret wars" and "wars" over secrecy:
My point is that even if Harman had been convinced that the CIA was engaged in unlawful conduct, the system as it is presently constructed gives her very little opportunity to do anything about it -- not, anyway, without serious ramifications, and accusations of revealing classified information. - link
IT'S THE REPUBLICANS WHO ARE BI-POLAR, MOSTLY?
Mark Graber nails it, in the most skillful unpacking of "Goodbye to All That", yet:
One would think from the recent excitement over the possibility of a bipartisan political movement that Hillary Clinton was running on a platform calling for confiscation of corporate property, reestablishment of the moderately progressive tax structure of the 1970s, the return of all American troops from abroad, the abolition of capital punishment, and (heaven forbid), gay marriage. With the exception of a stray remark by John Edwards, Democrats polling more than 10% continue to run to the right of Richard Nixon.
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[Conservatives] express no concern with polarization ... when polarization enables conservatives to govern without significant opposition or prevents moderates from governing. The Republican problem with polarization is that the Republican party has moved so far to the right ... [that it scares the bejeebubs out of them]. ... The bipartisan movement is about how power may be maintained to the right of the center, but perhaps not as far to the right of center as is presently the case.
One of the central problems with the American polity concerns why conservative Democrats abandon the party so quickly, while more moderate Republicans make little effort to stem the rightward tide of their party until the Republican ship is clearly sinking.
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[Conservatives] express no concern with polarization ... when polarization enables conservatives to govern without significant opposition or prevents moderates from governing. The Republican problem with polarization is that the Republican party has moved so far to the right ... [that it scares the bejeebubs out of them]. ... The bipartisan movement is about how power may be maintained to the right of the center, but perhaps not as far to the right of center as is presently the case.
One of the central problems with the American polity concerns why conservative Democrats abandon the party so quickly, while more moderate Republicans make little effort to stem the rightward tide of their party until the Republican ship is clearly sinking.
HILLARY TO MOVE TO THE LEFT?
Which got me to thinking. If Hillary cannot run up the middle, as was planned, her next move is to move to the left, perhaps.
