Prominent neoconservative Michael Barone, a regular panelist on The McLaughlin Group, has been getting a lot of flattery from the “conservative” establishment lately for his new book, The New Americans: How the Melting Pot Can Work Again. George Will's June 11th Newsweek column on it was nothing more than a fawning book report.
If he is a conservative, he certainly is not in the same catagory with Charles Krauthammer or BIll Crystal. I watched and listened to Barone during the DNC convention, and he didn't sound a bit like a Conservative to me. When he is on the talk panels, Fox, MSNBC CNN or any of the majors, he always takes the liberal side. I think he likes to consider himself unbiased and/or moderate. I don't think he is either.