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Conservative Coalition-Building
The American Scene — Rod Dreher, in commenting on the David Brooks piece on the future of conservatism in yesterday’s New York Times, writes this: Let me make a point that’s going to be overlooked among secular conservatives of Reformist impulse: no conservative movement that hopes to be successful can do so without religious conservatives. It will be very easy for secular Reform conservatives to sell op-ed pieces to newspapers, in which they argue that the GOP will not be revived until and unless it cuts ...

Conservative Coalition-Building
The Corner on National Review Online — Tuesday, November 11, 2008 [image] Conservative Coalition-Building [ Jim Manzi ] Rod Dreher , in commenting on the David Brooks piece on the future of conservatism in yesterday s New York Times , writes this: Let me make a point that s going to be overlooked among secular conservatives of Reformist impulse: no conservative movement that hopes to be successful can do so without religious conservatives . It will be very easy for secular Reform conservatives to sell op-ed pieces to newspapers, in which they argue that the GOP will not be revived until and ...

Michael Steele for RNC Chair
Stop The ACLU — ... represent the future of the party better than Gingrich as the head of the GOP in the next few years. I look forward to hearing more from both as to their vision on revamping the technological infrastructure of the RNC in order to support the ideals the party unfortunately betrayed while it held power. Mary Katherine Ham reports that Gingrich may endorse Steele instead of running against him. I think that would be a very smart move. Related: If You Want 2012, Earn it! Conservative Reform Won’t Come Soon

DAY'S END ROUNDUP
News — ... , writes that backward-looking, Rush Limbaugh-loving traditionalists will rule the Republican Party in the short term until forward-looking reformers come in and fix things. Those reformists, however, will never get anything done without the support of the Religious Right, according to Crunchy Con's Rod Dreher . Brooks's dichotomy doesn't hold for many unresolved issues within the party, such as illegal immigration, writes Contentions' ...