A real chilling effect : A Lefty Scholar is Dumping CAP For AEI – POLITICO

Ruy Teixeira is one of Washington s most prominent left-leaning think-tank scholars, a fixture at the Center for American Progress since the liberal organization s founding in 2003. But as of August 1, he ll have a new professional home: The American Enterprise Institute, the longtime conservative redoubt that over the years has employed the likes of Newt Gingrich, Dinesh D Souza, and Robert Bork.

Teixeira, whose role in the Beltway scrum often involved arguing against calls to move right on economic issues, insists his own policy views haven t changed but says the current cultural milieu of progressive organizations sends me running screaming from the left.

via www.politico.com

Alert RC readers may have noticed I often show the Lefties at Breaking Points, Krystal and Saagar, on this blog. Why would I do that? Because they care about the facts and often have interesting things to say! Facts first. What a concept. And it’s not just facts. Sometimes their ideas make you think, which is good for you. Ruy’s being at AEI should be good all around.