Just for full disclosure. My heart beats on the left side and the only party I have ever attended any meetings of was the student organization of the Social Democratic party back home in Sweden. My political views are mainly to the left of those of most Democratic Party voters. My signature on Daily Kos is the old Swedish Worker's Movement motto: Do you duty, demand your rights.
Still, as I have looked through various political blogs I have ended up visiting Andrew Sullivan's on a regular basis. Although I often do not agree with his ideas and suggested solutions to various problems this and other countries face, he is stringent in his thoughts and normally polite in his writing. In many ways he seems like a good, honest conservative thinker, something the Republican Party sorely lacks, which strangely ends up hurting those of us who support more progressive ideas.
With opponents like Mr. Sullivan it would at least be possible to have a debate, something that I view as impossible with the current crop of Republicans in the Senate and House of Representatives. One could double over backwards and still not gain an inch from them. Although I laud President Obama for showing so much goodwill towards the Republicans, we all know that with Rush Limbaugh setting the agenda there is going to be no common ground found, just all-out political war.
On those days where you think there are no reasonable conservatives left (or actual real conservatives for the matter, not just free market fundamentalists and religious bigots) a visit to Andrew Sullivan's blog might do the trick. I guess many on the right view him as a liberal, but that is only due to perspective. To use a soccer metaphor, if you hug the right corner flag everything will be to the left of you.
For those of you who have not visited his blog I am attaching a link. It is well worth a visit, but please don't view it as an excursion behind enemy lines; instead think of it as visiting someone who happens to think differently on certain issues.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/