The libertarian edge of the blogosphere is atwitter this week about Cato veep Brink Linsey’s love letter to the center-left in TNR. Julian (with a helpful roundup of links) likens libs and progressives to two nervous teenagers edging toward a first kiss, but he may wear the rose-colored glasses of a kid with a hopeless crush. Let’s face it: we need a new coalition more than the Democrats need us. I made our case last night to a bouncer who told me we’d be waiting a very long time to get into this particular establishment.
If my grim assessment is true, of course, it leaves us truly out in the cold for a bit. Perhaps intellectual movements, like individuals, can sometimes mature more quickly on their own.
Posted by Marie Gryphon on December 5, 2006