More Republicans that make sense

I have to believe that the majority of the country is in the center. We want simple things. We want clean air, clean water, good schools for our kids, relatively low taxes and responsive, high impact services for things we can't do ourselves from our government. We want bang for our buck. We don't want our goverment to tell us what to think or who to sleep with or to which God to pray. We want security. Above all of those things, we want our political leadership to pursue these things in an honest, optimistic way.

For all of us who want those things it is heartening to read the following:

Ex-key aide to McCain gives support to Kerry

Here's a taste:

Bush did not invent our enemies, Wittmann writes. "But, despite all his bravado and swagger, he has made it more difficult to build a domestic and international political coalition to ultimately prevail against our terrorist adversaries. He has bred distrust by driving a cynical partisan agenda that seeks to reward the wealthy, while branding his political adversaries as vaguely unpatriotic."

"Don't get me wrong - this Bull Moose is not completely in agreement with the Democratic donkey," Wittmann writes.

And if Kerry wins, "it remains to be seen whether his administration will be more willing to break with its ideological base than a Bush team that has been slavishly loyal to its corporate paymasters," he adds.

"But there is no remaining shred of doubt that another four years of a Bush presidency would have a toxic effect on American politics. If George W. Bush is re-elected, unlimited corporate power, cynicism and division will ride high in the saddle."