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Conservatives, Despite Their Own Message, Pretend Election Isn't Referendum On Conservatism
The Village freakout continues, this time in the form of Peter Wehner's op-ed in the Washington Post today . With most Republican candidates explicitly running on a platform promising a revival of Reagan conservatism and berating the supposed "socialism" of Democrats, this former Bush hack ...
Conservatives plan secret post-election strategy session
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 ... (more) Conservatives plan secret post-election strategy session
The House of Conservatism
frum.nationalreview.com — Anne Applebuam, columnist for the Washington Post, published a piece yesterday endorsing Barack Obama over John McCain.... The piece has triggered some c... . . . (more) The House of Conservatism
Whither conservatism?
meganmcardle.theatlantic.com — Ross ponders the future of conservatism and comes away depressed: I think the deeper reason for my... political gloom has to do with something that Jonah Goldberg raised in our bloggingheads chat about conservatism - namely, the sense that the era now ... (more) Whither conservatism?
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The Potential Progressive Mandate*
Open Left - Front Page — ... such extreme ideological grounds, the mandate that would come out of an Obama win would be way more progressive than Obama's own policy platform. It would be as progressive on many issues as the public already is (despite whether people call themselves "liberal" or "conservative"). This is the point of a new Institute for America's Future Op-Ad in today's New York Times - the point I and Bill Scher made in a series of posts last week (here,  here, here and here) about how McCain is making the election a referendum on Reagan ...

David Sirota: The Potential Progressive Mandate*
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... are sowing the seeds of the post-election realignment narrative...Obama has been talking about the larger GOP governing philosophy for a while now, but until recently, the race hasn't seemed like as much of a referendum on Republicanism; it's been more of a referendum on the Bush years. What changed? The GOP went all in on an ideological war." (emphasis added) This is the point I made in a series of posts last week (here , here and here) about the odd situation whereby McCain is creating a larger and more expansive ...

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