The most interesting content online right now - for those who are poll-weary - is watching the new right emerge. For anyone on the left, a reconstituted conservative movement in the United States is something to root for. Bush/Cheney have made the right such a toxic, vapid failure, but for party loyalists, the party is king.
What does this mean? It means a conservative movement animated by stronger ideals instead of a righteous cocktail of greed, disdain for liberty, and neo-corporatism will move the exact same base of party faithful towards something genuinely more meaningful and valuable for more peoples' lives.
There are millions of people who will vote for whatever their party serves them - on the left and on the right. A better Republican Party means a better country. And it also means the Democratic Party will have a worthy adversary - keeping them smart and together and honest as well.
So in recent days, I've found myself poking around (or trying to find, really) the front lines of the new right. Where will the new right come from? Andrew Sullivan - I don't know, he doesn't seem to have his finger on the pulse, exactly. He feels more like another iteration of dailykos these days. And redstate is just the whining detrius of this utterly failed movement of the last eight years.
But the next right seems like a good blog to add to your blogroll if you're a left reader. Not to agree with them, just to watch the edges of the rebuilding that must take place for the Republican Party to reconnect to a meaningful message.
And maybe even to root for the development of a political philosophy that actually gives a shit about people's lives instead of masquerading in years of corruption and deceit. Which brings me to the above picture: the scary-looking 20-year Republican house member Dana Rohrabacher sneering at Debbie Cook, who is running neck and neck with him right now in California's district 46. The contempt is infuriating. Via MyDD.
