…or at least its chief political reporter Matt Taibbi seems to in this interview with Marty Beckerman over at Reason. Here’s a taste:
reason: Right now there’s this weird overlap where Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) has an increasing fan base among left-wingers. Is this a turning point in American politics?
Taibbi: People are steadily growing disenchanted with red state versus blue state-this really aggressive storyline where if you’re conservative you have to hate liberals, and if you’re liberal then you have to hate conservatives. For the first time on the campaign trail that I’ve seen, people are saying, “I haven’t spoken to my liberal brother in years but we’re actually talking now because we’re both disappointed in our respective parties, and we’re both getting behind Ron Paul.” There’s more on-the-ground energy for Ron Paul than there is for the rest of the candidates combined.
Ron Paul reuniting families. The Paul people should put those brothers, assuming they’re not apocryphal, in a campaign commericial, pronto.
