Democratic radicals gunning for Democratic moderates on porkulus

When reading an assessment of a politician's ideological stance in the mainstream media, if you really want to know where he or she stands on the political spectrum, simply take the media characterization and move it one slot to the left.

Thus, only a politician who is in fact a radical will be described in the mainsteam media as a "liberal" or a "progressive." A moderate Democrat will be described as a "centrist" or a "moderate." A moderate conservative will be described as "far Right."

It seems thatthe radicals in the Democratic party are gunning for the less extreme liberals (that's "moderates," in mediaspeak), and have organized a group to go after them in support of The One's irresponsible budget.

This story speaks volumes about the ideological radicalism of the Democratic establishment. What it says will be muted, though, by the inability of the media to report such a story without slewing the ideological labels they use to the Right.

HT: Real Clear Politics