Michael Totten is back from his trip to North Africa and makes it clear he intends to ignore both the Democratic and Republican conventions arguing there’s no news to be had. I agree with him that events are too scripted but they are still newsworthy, if not for content than certainly for continuous entertainment. However Totten commits to take on the struggle that many in the center face:

I’m going to build two separate cases: The liberal case for Bush and the hawkish case for Kerry. Both strike me as dubious, and will strike most other people as dubious too. But I don’t have anything else to work with here. The liberal case for Kerry is obvious. The conservative case for Bush is equally so. You don’t need me to explain either one and, besides, neither speak to my concerns at this time.

It’s going to be a hard choice for the radical centrists this year.