online.wsj.com - 11/2/2008
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All eyes are on Tuesday. For the GOP, the real question is Wednesday. That's the day the party will survey the damage of the 2008 election, and have to decide what it wants to be. Even if John McCain pulls out a win, the Grand Old Party will be in trouble. Contrary to recent liberal ...
politico.com - 10/29/2008
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politico.com —
Two days after next week's election, top conservatives
will gather at the Virginia weekend home of one
of the movement's most prominent members to begin a conversation about their role in the GOP and how best to revive a party that may be out of ...
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Conservatives plan secret post-election strategy session
rossdouthat.theatlantic.com - 10/29/2008
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rossdouthat.theatlantic.com —
I think Chris Orr is completely wrong about
this : ... while there are plenty of 2012
GOP presidential aspirants who have reason to be unhappy with the McCain campaign's decisions over the last couple months (and, in particular, the Palin choice), a ...
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Jindal, Obama and the GOP
corner.nationalreview.com - 11/3/2008
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corner.nationalreview.com —
Yuval and Ramesh -- Good points. Let me
respond to Yuval's bafflement first. Yuval writes: More importantly,
though, I continue to be a little baffled by the idea that what you're calling reform conservatism (and I'll speak for myself, since I ...
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Reform Vs. Reaganism
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Saturday reading: 72 hours
Jonathan Martin's Blog —
Strassel says the Republican party is hurting because of the execution, not the ideas.
Obama flexes in Indiana.
Where he's attracting ticket-splitters.
He moves in on Republican turf in rural Virginia.
And in Missouri.
Broder calls this campaign the best ever.
12 out of 14 pundits predict Obama.
Another Republican congressional seat appears to slip away.
Be wary of the final weekend.
A Kos diarist points out that Obama is in pretty good shape ...
Lessons
The Corner on National Review Online —
Tuesday, November 04, 2008 [image] Lessons [Ramesh Ponnuru] After an election in which a floundering GOP presidential candidate has not run on abortion, same-sex marriage, or immigration, can anyone seriously maintain that the party's biggest problems are its approach to those issues? No. But there are people who are willing to try . ...
Ideology And Policy
Ross Douthat —
... I agree - but I trust Yuval would agree with me when I note that in the end, forging a new Republican agenda will require right-wingers to make ideological compromises about what conservatives should stand for, and not just transcend their differences through really smart policy. Ramesh Ponnuru can design and redesign his family-friendly tax proposals to his heart's content, but he isn't going to persuade Kimberley Strassel on the merits unless she and the rest of the Wall Street Journal editorial board become convinced that they need to significantly temper their ...
Reading for Today and Beyond
Sound Politics —
Reading for Today and Beyond We may have a long night on our hands in the Evergreen State. In the meantime, it's never too late to get started on post-Election reading. Regardless of how things far, the GOP is going to have repair work to do nationally...though may be a bit ahead of that curve locally, regardless of how specific races play out in coming days. Accordingly, I recommend these two pieces for now: 1) A Kimberley Strassel column on the future of the GOP. There are some debatable points, but a couple passages stand true: Reagan's other great strength was not ...
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