The Euston Manifesto. You've probably heard about it via Atrios or TBogg. On its face, it's just the compiled beliefs of a bunch of British pub dwellers. And thirty years ago, it would've remained a boozy pipe dream, but the Internet has changed things. Michelle Malkin's already endorsed it; it's only a matter of time before it gets support from the rest of the right-wing blogosphere. So it's probably worth discussing.

What is the Euston Manifesto? According to the authors, it's a compilation of beliefs from a group of progressives who grew tired of their party and are seeking to realign it. Sounds like an old Zell Miller speech, doesn't it? That's what I thought when I read it. In reality, it's a list of statements that pretty much everyone agrees with, mixed with strawmen and attacks against the Left (their capitalization) that sound like they came straight out of the Anti-Idiotarian playbook. To wit: