Hidden in the Middle

I really like this post from Krugman Hidden in the Middle. "Greg Sargent touches on a point I’ve been meaning to make; he does it in the context of third-party fantasies, but it’s true more broadly of calls for “centrism”. Namely, the hypothetical position self-proclaimed centrists want somebody to take — Michael Bloomberg, a chastened Obama, whatever — is almost always the position actually held by the Democratic party. But to seem “balanced”, the pundits involved have to ignore that inconvenient fact."

Here is the Greg Sargent article he mentions, it's also good: The bogus `third party’ dodge.