This week’s National Journal poll of top political bloggers produced unusually fractured results. Question one was “Politically, how important is it to President Obama that health care reform be bipartisan?” Sixty percent of the Right and 42% of the Left thought it was “very” or “somewhat” important.
Question 2 was “Who is the dominant voice of the Republican Party these days?” From both the Right and the Left, Rush Limbaugh came in first, and Dick Cheney came in second. However, on the Right, the winner was “none”, which also came in third among the Left voters. My opinion was: “None. Which is good. The Republicans need to have a broad debate about their political principles, rather than picking a leader before they decide where they should go.”