I followed Andrew Sullivan quite a bit during the run up to the 2008 Elections. At that time, he was blogging for the The Atlantic. I remember a few of his posts where he eloquently stated his case for why Barack Obama should be the President of the United States.
I've lost track of him since he left The Atlantic and was curious to see his take on the recent Romney smirk fest. He's now blogging over at The Daily Beast. Well let's say that Andrew is no fan of Mitt.
More below the fluffy orange cloud.
These people are simply unfit for the responsibility of running the United States. The knee-jerk judgments, based on ideology not reality; the inability to back down when you have said something obviously wrong; and the attempt to argue that the president of the US actually sympathized with those who murdered his own ambassador in Benghazi: these are disqualifying instincts for someone hoping to be the president of the US. Disqualifying.
Andrew Sullivan supports a broad range of traditional
conservative positions. He favors a flat tax, limited government, and opposes welfare state programs and interventionism. Non-starters for the progressive community.
However, he does think through the issues and unlike most conservative pundits, can make a logical and reasoned argument for his position. And like this blog entry from yesterday, he nails it.