for the moment, and yet progress--the passage of time, even-- simply has it in for them. More women getting college and higher degrees. More women in positions of power.

The desires of the ultra rich, ultra violent, ultra wrong are simply harder to protect and defend, thanks in part to the internet and little cameras catching Macaca moments. America is becoming less white. And less white male dominated. In fact, I just checked and the presidental frontrunners are neither.

40 years ago Kristol's forefathers were desperately trying to prevent the Voting Rights Act to save "states' rights" in the South.

Now they are reduced to making bad jokes on a "News" Network whose main demographic will be dead in 10 years.

They've still got most of the money, news networks and guns, but time does not love this smug old white man and his friends.

An interesting side note: look at how much of Latin America has gone from under the American thumb in the 1980s to thumbing it's nose at America in the 2000s.

far more than either candidate needs fox.

I'm with you, Opus. By god I'm with you.

Buckley's criticism of the Iraq Occupation failure seems to line him up closer to Chomsky than to Coulter, Limbaugh and Hannity. And just as the right has lurched further right with agressive militarism and outright attacks on the constitution, so the left has moved to the right. Neo Conservative public enemies #1 and #2-- Bill and Hillary Clinton are arguably more conservative than Richard Nixon. If not in philosphy then in governance. Nixon gave us OHSA and the EPA, Clinton gave us NAFTA and a dismantled Welfare.

Yes, the new right wants to attack any country that looks at us cockeyed while highlighting with black marker most of the bill of rights. And the establishment left, the democrats? The are politely, politely disagreeing.

Even Obama, as wonderful as he is, sees no reason to do anything but find common ground with these people. That's the political center of America. A Right Wing Christian themed spectator demi-democracy--Buckley's and Reagan's dream come true.

I don't think their Rovian tactics will work with Obama this year. We've seen and heard those tricks so many times they just have work anymore. Too many independents and Republicans are already too taken with the lanky, "hope" candidate. He's hijacked the charm and optimism of Reagan and combined it with a liberalism with personal responsibility.

Face it. Obama has serious game and will be extremely difficult for the right wing to take down with their typical lame smear tactics.

I think we're going to have a brother as a president.

Damn right.