Tyranny of the Moderates

From George Neumayr, the executive editor of The American Spectator:

Politicians who believe the least should determine the most in Washington, D.C. That's the chattering class's mindless conceit, apparent in its explosion of gaudy tributes to "moderates" this week. No sooner had the Senate's college of cardinals struck their deal on judges than the David Broders were breathlessly expressing their fervent hope that moderates would form the new dominant "shaping force" in American politics. These are men and women of "national stature," "elders," sage guardians of "national consensus," went the tributes.