Chait: Conservatives More Sophisticated

We don't often cite comments by Jonathan Chait of The New Republic, he leans fairly far to the left. On the other hand, even a liberal can be correct occasionally, and not always by accident either. Chait writes:

Conservative journalism is actually far more sophisticated than mainstream news journalism. Conservative pundits, while usually slanting their account in highly partisan and often misleading terms, do a fairly good job of grasping and explaining the fact that the two parties fundamentally disagree on the causes of and solutions to the economic crisis and the long-term deficit.

He contrasts our work on the right with what he calls "magical thinking" on the left. Not a bad insight.