As I Was Saying

A quick follow-up to the post below. Andrew Sullivan just linked to this post by James Fallows, and particularly this paragraph:

The pattern is too strong to be ignored: traditional conservatives (Heritage) and libertarians (Cato) have done a better job of thinking about how a free society can defend itself without giving up its freedom than the Democratic or Republican establishment has. Unlike Democrats, they're not so worried about looking "weak" that they have to posture about every conceivable threat. Unlike the Administration -- well, they're sane.