yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 11/20/2008
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Politico reports on conservatives trying to think of some ideas :
Kimberley Strassel, an editorialist for the Wall Street Journal, argued that Republicans would have to expand the electoral playing field by pioneering new initiatives in suburban policy.
“Conservatives have had a tendency ...
outsidethebeltway.com - 11/25/2008
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outsidethebeltway.com —
Kevin Drum seconds my concerns about conservative public
intellectuals and offers two example where the Right isn’t
offering useful policy alternatives. Conservatives on Global Warming Take global warming. Here’s the rough conservative ...
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Free Parking
Eschaton —
Free Parking I agree with Matt that conservative (and libertarian) thinkers, to the extent they exist, should spend some time dealing with local zoning, regulation, and transportation issues. But as one of his commenters points out, conservative voters aren't likely to embrace any of this stuff. One of my guilty pleasures is reading local forums and the comments at the local newspaper. There is a set of people out there who become absolutely enraged when presented with a situation such that there isn't a free or cheap parking spot available to them. I assume they ...
Getting Back In The Game
Ross Douthat —
What Yglesias says here about conservatives and transportation policy - that there are plenty of free-market reforms that the Right could and should be championing, but isn't - applies to a host of topics. I was on a later panel at the NRI event ...
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