Courtesy of Howard Dean: “[The Republicans] are going to have to figure out how to reach the moderate middle, and you don’t do that by calling people fascists and all this other kind of business.” Certainly Mr Dean has the best interests of conservatism / classical liberalism at heart — after all, why wouldn’t he be looking to help the “evil,” “corrupt,” and “brain-dead” to regain power — but on

Look, guys . . . Colorado’s being socked by a major OUTLAW storm. So, if you’re waiting around for Jeff to post again, you may be waiting for some time. So . . . I don’t want “YOW!!!” to be the last comment of the evening. So . . . you know . . . find something to comment about. UPDATE: Meh. So I was wrong. UPDATE x2: Meh. So,

Andrew Breitbart on Hannity. **** related, kinda: over at the Pub, Dan points to fact check’s review of Obama’s press conference.

Daniel Henninger, WSJ: Barack Obama meets with a flock of nervous bankers at the White House tomorrow to reassure them he understands their interests. Good luck. There has always been tension between the Democratic Party and the private sector. That tension is over. With its vote in the House of Representatives to punish corporate bonus payments, the national Democratic Party has disconnected itself entirely from the private sector. The public

Christopher S. Brownwell, American Thinker: Setbacks in recent elections have left some self-proclaimed conservatives announcing the era of Reagan is over. David Frum thinks conservatives need to be less aggressive and move to the center to win. David Brooks suggests that Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal’s conservatism is stale. Possibly, the Kathleen Parkers, Peggy Noonans, Christopher Buckleys of “conservatism” are just embarrassed by the NASCAR watching, Wal-Mart shopping, Jesus-loving conservative base.

CNN: Jindal described the premise of the question — “Do you want the president to fail?” — as the “latest gotcha game” being perpetrated by Democrats against Republicans. “Make no mistake: Anything other than an immediate and compliant, ‘Why no sir, I don’t want the president to fail,’ is treated as some sort of act of treason, civil disobedience or political obstructionism,” Jindal said at a political fundraiser attended by