This is good news:

For those writing Republican centrism’s obituary after Arlen Specter’s party switch, holster your quills.

In fact, if the next few weeks go well for the GOP, it might pave the way for a whole new chapter in the left flank of the right-leaning party.

The month of May will be huge, recruiting-wise, for Senate Republicans, with decisions expected from several big-name candidates, including Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, Rep. Mark Kirk (Ill.) and possibly Rep. Mike Castle (Del.).

All would instantly be formidable — with Crist and Castle favored at the outset — and all are noted centrists. They would not only give Republicans a chance to win again, but give Republican centrists a chance to be a force again.

This is a tremendously important development. The GOP has to be a “big tent” party, in which moderates, centrists, and moderate conservatives feel at home. (more…)

The White House will try to go around reasonably moderate Democrat Ben Nelson and others like him.

It might not be the most glamorous hill, but it’s the one that Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) has vowed to die on. President Obama, however, isn’t going to give him that chance.| MORE ›

I’ve spent a little bit of time these past couple months lecturing liberals for their whining about President Barack Obama’s foreign policy.  They didn’t pay attention to his campaign, I said, hoping that all his tough talk about Afghanistan and Pakistan was just that: talk.| MORE ›

The Next Right issued “a sincere warning to big-government Republicans” today. The site’s Stephen Gordon writes:

Shortly after I wrote this quick piece for the Alabama Republican Liberty Caucus website, I was called by someone in another state who tracked down my cell number from a press release.| MORE ›