And The News ...

... Writing in today's Post, conservative leader Richard Viguerie has some interesting thoughts about President Bush -- and how he's lost the conservative base. Viguerie makes some good points -- and as a founding member of the conservative movement, he's certainly qualified to make them.

... I've written extensively about the liberals' attempt to "re-brand" themselves as "progressives." Today, George Will's column gives a bit of the history behind the terms and describes why, at least one self-described liberal, doesn't want to give up the liberal nametag.