tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post2132747294133908420..comments2024-03-28T11:07:52.205-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: Just a few things to note this morning Updated! With DBSFirehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-57011251111442356592010-01-21T12:37:31.688-08:002010-01-21T12:37:31.688-08:00There was a story years ago that most journalists ...There was a story years ago that most journalists considered themselves to be middle of the road politically. But such a consideration is relative to ones reference points and follows the classic bell curve. In other words, in a profession stuffed full of leftists, the average person will be middle of the road - but the middle of their own group. If that group is hard left, the average of that group will be in the middle of hard left.<br /><br />In my own state a person who is labeled a right-wing wacko in the socialist urban mecca would be considered middle of the road in ranch country.<br /><br />So it is completely understandable that a politician in Massachusetts who is considered there to be conservative can look like a blue dog democrat from a Wyoming perspective. From a European viewpoint most of our democrats look downright conservative.GuardDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08622236339096746029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-62218885309403119262010-01-21T09:42:01.958-08:002010-01-21T09:42:01.958-08:00"Brown’s score puts him at the 34th percentil..."Brown’s score puts him at the 34th percentile of his party in Massachusetts over the 1995-2006 time period." <br /><br />The trouble with a statistic like this one is it is almost totally worthless. It has to be compared with scores for Democrats. Where does Brown's score fall within the spectrum of Democrats? Would he be more conservative than 2/3 of Democrats or 3/4? or 9/10?<br />Certainly he is more conservative than the longtime holder of the office, but without comparison to the Dems we don't know if this is really good news or just pretty good news.Windy Wilsonnoreply@blogger.com