Sometimes things are not what they seem. In 1912, Teddy Roosevelt ran as a third party candidate, expecting to draw off both dissatisfied Republicans and progressive Democrats. Instead, the Democrats mainly stayed with their candidate, Woodrow Wilson, while Republicans split their vote. Wilson won.

This year, if the Republicans nominate a grotesque gargoil, as seems likely, Bloomberg would give their voters a place to flee. If Democrats mainly stick with their candidate, he or she would win as Wilson did, and as an extra treat, it could badly damage the Republican brand.

According to her family, Nancy Soderberg is currently serving as a foreign policy adviser to the Mayor of New York City and potential Presidential candidate, Michael Bloomberg (or at least that is what wikipedia says). If Bloomberg is taking advice from Nancy Soderberg, then he already has more credibility than every Republican 08 presidential candidates, at the moment.

Atrios Endorses Edwards!

Update: Obama attacks Trial Lawyers!

I'm not joking.

Given that the Republicans have marched in lockstep I can't think of any Republicans of real principle.
Perhaps you could name one or two?

I agree the lockstep thing has stifled any such voice lately, although Hagel would have to be the closest to breaking with them publicly. I suspect that there are others who are appalled at what has happened but refuse to speak up for fear of reprisal. Don't forget that prior to Bush, the Republicans were the ones who used "rule of law" as a favorite phrase. I think a few of them actually believed it. Most have proven it had no meaning, but I would hesitate to paint all of them with that brush.

Some have already become Democrats. .... But most are not yet ready to make that step. My plea to you, to Krugman, and others is this: welcome these people. At the very least, don't make the transition even more difficult for them.

Given that most Democrats are part of the problem why should we care whether those who voted the neocons into power join the Democratic party?

At most, voting Democratic will only slightly slow the already precipitous descent into the already rampant authoritarianism so ably pointed out by Glenn in his article.

And not a soul yet has addressed my point that Obama the candidate would imprison Obama the teenager/young adult.

Not to be a Chicken Little but the sky really is falling and we don't even have a ragged umbrella under which to shelter.

take a look at one of Paul Rosenberg's diaries at Open Left.

http://openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2978

-- bystander

Thanks for the Paul Rosenberg piece on blowing up the myths around red and blue states.

I miss his insightful observations that I haven't seen for a while. Hope he doesn't desert us for too long. He's pretty busy because he knows the hard work and dedication it takes to be a real journalist.

I saw that, Novak's column is on WaPo as well. He seems to be arguing for Bush administration complicity in the security breakdown. Weird to hear from Novak, the former Cheney spokesperson. On the street in Pakistan, all this is contributing to the impression that all Bush cares about and has ever cared about there is keeping Musharraf in place, and was possibly willing to look the other way on a Bhutto assassination to achieve it. Believe it or not, it isn't culture of customs that have people hating Bush there, it's the belief that Bush is against democracy in Pakistan.

Thank You, Glenn Greenwald, for pointing out the exact qualities that make Bloomberg a Jew who acts like a Nazi-Fascist, Fascist-Nazi. Exemplifying the worst of neo-conservative bias and intolerance, Bloomberg, along with his butt-buddies Paul Wolfowitz, Joe LIE-berman, Mark Levin, Joe Klein, David Broder, Norman Podhoretz, William Kristol, Richard Perle, Henry Kissinger(Dr. Stangelove to a "T", TURD that is!) David Frum, Jonah Goldgberg(SURPRISE! The INKY LITTLE POT HIMSELF WHO CALLED THE KETTLE BLACK! YOU ARE THE NAZI-FASCIST, Jonah!) et cetera AD NAUSEUM, make the Jewish people ASHAMED to even be of the same race as these TRAITOROUS SLIMEBALLS! The Jewish were the OPPRESSED peoples of Europe, America, the Middle East, et cetera; why then are these CREEPS trying to over-compensate for their personal shortcomings by trying to become WHO they and their ancestors were persecuted by and WHO they and their ancestors were oppressed and maltreated by? They are DENYING the LESSONS their OWN HERITAGE has TAUGHT THEM, they have met the ENEMY and it is THEM! The child of a wife-beater INVARIABLY BECOMES a wife-beater, those who are subjected to HATE become HATERS themselves, unless they have the WILL and the SCRUPLE to break free of this VICIOUS CYCLE. These creeps I have listed, along with others, are WEAK SISTERS who have SUCCUMBED to their OWN PERSONAL SUCCUBI, i.e., THEIR DEMONS OF LACK OF SPINE, INTESTINAL GUT FORTITUDE, PRINCIPLE, HONOUR, SENSE OF JUSTICE AND FREEDOM FOR ALL PEOPLES and NOT JUST THEIR OWN SELFISH INTERESTS!!!!!

When you have an Armitage going to Musharaf and threatening him with "we'll bomb you back to the stone ages" if you don't cooperate with us(just before Iraq war)----I would be inclined to agree with the Pakistanis that the US does not mean what it says about democracy and has its' own self-interest at hand.

CHICKEN LITTLE:

I crossed the road because I thought the sky was falling, dammit!

TWEETY BIRD:

I cwossed da woad because I thawt I taw a puddy tat!

Does the sky pass through space when it fall? Wouldn't it have to fall upward to do that? I'm confused.

I suspect that there are others who are appalled at what has happened but refuse to speak up for fear of reprisal.

I suspect that Chris Dodd could give you a few names. In one of his campaign videos (not an ad, just a posted video), he mentions knowing Republicans who also want to work to accomplish things in congress. He just doesn't say who. Probably because that could also bring reprisal.

I do have a different reaction when someone like Dodd talks about Democrats and Republicans working together... since he's talking from his own experience with the FMLA, and other progressive bills/issues.

Otherwise, this buzz about centrism, and bipartisanship and Unity '08 just gives me a sick headache for now. Until I think of an appropriate response.

Ironically, in 2004, I kept predicting that the disaffected Republicans would be the real "swing" voters. Guess I was just a little bit ahead of the curve.