Noemie Emery e-mails:

Actually, that email you quote is quite sensible. If McCain gets it, he should definitely tack to the right, and conservatives should push him to do so. I realize his problems are all his own fault, and think I have written so previously. By ‘deranged,’ I mean what comes over talk radio, which I’ve given up for the duration, and from people who don’t realize movements have to fit into large coalitions. There are left-center and center-right governments, but no left-left or right-right ones. Ask presidents McGovern and Goldwater how well those worked out.