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Sensible
Right before our eyes, American conservatism is becoming something very different from what it once was. Yet this transformation is happening by stealth because moderates are too afraid to acknowledge what all their senses tell them. (E.J. Dione Jr., Washington Post, 4/1/2012)


Liberals know that they cannot win in November if they are perceived as Liberals. Ronald Reagan made the word itself toxic. In response, Liberals were reborn first as Progressives. We have not seen polls on the favorability of that term, but our instinct is that "Progressive" may track LESS favorably than "Liberal." What are Liberals/Progressives to do? It is now increasingly clear that they are going to rebrand as (are you ready?) Moderates. As RedStateVT has shown you, the New York Times editors have hilariously called the Liberal minority justices on the Supreme Court Moderates. And now, reading from the same playbook, columnists like Dionne have taken up the cause. By our count, he uses some version of the word "Moderate" seven times in this piece. Just for good measure, he throws in "Centrist" once. Good luck selling this one.


Bruised
(Good Morning America's Jake) Tapper highlighted the "long, bruising" Republican presidential primary and compared it to Clinton's 1992 campaign: "You turned it around. Can [Romney]?" An ABC graphic trumpeted, "Bill Clinton: Romney Can't Win." Clinton piously asserted that his presidential campaign endured "one long character attack."  (NewsBusters.com, 4/2/2012)


RedStateVT actually watched the original interview with (disgraced former President) Clinton described by NewsBusters.com. It was surreal. Here's the backdrop: new poll numbers show that Romney has dipped in several battleground states. Of course, previously he was up...and before that down...and before that up... You know how polls go. In any event, rather than ask Douglas Schoen for comment, or Patrick Caddell, or Larry Sabato, GMA ask the disgraced former president if Romney can recover from this dip (with 7 months to go before the election!) The disgraced former president bites his lip and solemnly opines that Romney cannot turn it around. Thanks for the expert, objective opinion. If we did not see, we would not have believed it.


Narcissist that he is, the disgraced former president then goes on to talk about his favorite subject: how he was unfairly treated during his presidency. 


Influenced
Texas Gov. Rick Perry was operating under the influence of painkillers during Republican presidential debates earlier this election cycle, a new e-book by Mike Allen and Evan Thomas claims. (Huffington Post, 4/3/2012)


Next up, the inside story on why Joe Biden continues to put his foot in his mouth. Just kidding!