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rossdouthat.theatlantic.com - 10/28/2008
The End of Conservatism?
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For some reason, The New Republic has decided to embarrass the talented and perceptive John Judis by digging out of its archives a piece that he wrote announcing the death of conservatism ... in, er, 1992. The piece "holds up remarkably well," Max Fisher writes by way of introduction, which I ...
frum.nationalreview.com - 10/30/2008
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

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ourfuture.org - 10/27/2008
Conservatives, Despite Their Own Message, Pretend Election Isn't Referendum On Conservatism
— ourfuture.org — 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 ... (more) Conservatives, Despite Their Own Message, Pretend ...

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meganmcardle.theatlantic.com - 11/4/2008
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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Matthew Yglesias:  The Dream Shall Never Die

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The Dream Shall Never Die
Matthew Yglesias — ... It seems to me that any talk of the end of conservatism is not only premature, but fundamentally misguided. It’s in the nature of things that politicians and intellectuals whose ideas tend toward the preservation of existing wealth and privilege are going to manage to find money and institutions to support them. The right sequence of events could push such a movement out of power for a while, but any incumbent regime is bound to be tripped up by bad luck or mistakes soon enough. And when it does, people turn to the alternative. ...

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