Leftward, Ho!



Gov. Howard Dean's Presidential campaign is picking up steam by barrelling towards the Left. While there is plenty of time for his campaign to fizzle (and it will) does tis signal a leftward movement for the entire Democratic Party? I don't think this is something my fellow conservatives should be cheering. I say this after reading a newsreport that Bush chief advisor Karl Rove is pushing for Dean as the candidate Bush can most likely beat because of his extreme views. One of the reasons that parties benefit when the other party becomes extreme is that it allows it to hug the center. But if Republicans are moving to the center and Democrats to the left, that means both parties are moving leftward-that the center of gravity of American politics is moving leftward. The two recent Supreme Court decisions seem to bear that out. This is not a good thing.