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I like your idea.

Free Republic is big. I know politicos troll here to get a sense of how conservatives are thinking about the issues. The Washington Post recently referred to FR in an article in their paper as "a super-site", so we're definitely getting noticed.

Next, there's a lot of talent on FR. There's a lot of conservative voices here that (in my opinion) deserve to be heard just as much as any high flier who's drawing a salary for ranting on editorial sheets across the nation.

If such a daily "best of" thread were created, I imagine people would start coming to FR just to read that the same as they would the editorial section of their favorite newspaper. I also imagine lurkers with a purpose (pundits, politicians and others looking for ideas or feedback) would start perusing that page daily as well.

Something like that could get to be a pretty big thing. After a while, you might even have the liberal columnists reading that section to see if they touched a nerve with their latest offering. There are so many possibilities for something like that...

The voting is the tricky bit. It could quickly get out of hand if you could vote on multiple comments but then again, I'd hate to have to pass over someone who had great comments because I shot my wad earlier in the day on somebody else's equally great comments.

I'd like to see this idea expanded. FR could become the "Go To" site for the best conservative commentary- the establishment could see themselves eclipsed. I like it.

I might also add- the editors would be allowed to consult with the poster(s) who made the cut to- well, edit. Spelling, punctuation- that sort of thing.

I hate it when I proof read something five or six times and never see the flaw that a spell check program won't catch. If the whole world is going to be coming to FR to check out our best comments, we should be presented in our best light.