I do not want to overstate this, but I think I detect a trend at the Albuquerque Journal toward making its editorial and Op-Ed pages less predictably rightist. You can do that two ways – balance them by recruiting more left-wingers or emphasize "news analysis" over "opinion" pieces.
Today, it’s the latter. David Broder writes on the pitfalls of electoral college reform. Jonathan Chait argues, with numbers, that President Bush’s attack on John Kerry’s tax votes is phony. Fred Hiatt complains that election-year politics deprives us of a needed debate on security. Finally, John Dendahl, the GOP attack dog, rather sedately considers security and the gender gap.
This trend – if that is what it is - will be worth watching.