"I don't believe that a sovereign Scottish government of any mainstream hue would manage defence so badly in Scotland".
Ms Wolf has received no defence from any mainstream liberal publications or websites.
The rivalry over the coming months among those hoping to lead the defence of the mainstream right, says one top UMP figure, will be "extremely violent".
On the other hand, if information is being widely talked about on Twitter, for instance, that might provide a defence for onward publication in the mainstream.
But he's also banking on support from Tea Party conservatives like libertarian Ron Paul and former House speaker Dick Armey who've broken ranks with mainstream Republicans over the need for foreign intervention and massive defence spending.
"I hope even now that their review, which is being led by a Labour leader who is anti-nuclear and a shadow defence secretary who is anti-nuclear, will listen to more moderate mainstream Labour voices.
He is a conservative on domestic policy but he is very independent on defence and security, and has long been out of line with mainstream Republican thinking, particularly since 9/11.
But, in a sign of the exasperation of leading politicians with the church decision, the normally measured defence secretary, Philip Hammond, warned that the church was no longer in the mainstream of Anglican thought.
Mainstream academia also started to develop specialized degrees in intelligence, homeland security and national defence.
Rich countries can show, through their own programmes for flood defence, zoning laws, sewerage and so on that adaptation must be part of the mainstream of political and economic life, not an eccentric and marginal idea.
