“As should already be apparent, forging a libertarian/liberal coalition, even on issues where they’re already inclined to agree, will not be easy, nor is it guaranteed to succeed,” he writes at Campus Progress today. ”The present moment of political flux may be a historical inflection point, prelude to a massive political realignment and a new brand of ‘fusionism.’ It may be just a brief hiccup, after which the old patterns reassert themselves. Or it may be that our chances of avoiding the second possibility depend on our willingness, liberal and libertarian alike, to take a chance on trying to effectuate the first.”

Effectuate? We think Julian should e-fuck-uate off.