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thenextright.com - 10/19/2008

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Bottom Line Up Front : No matter what America's short term future holds (a liberal White House, a liberal Congress, etc.), the long term future of the conservative movement depends on our ability to evolve in substance and unify around principles, not personalities. Anybody who blogs on this ...

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The Next Right: Beyond the Endorsement: How the Right Should React to Colin Powell

PoliGazette: American Conservatives Learn from Powell

newyorker.com - 10/20/2008

Interesting Times: George Packer: Online Only: The New Yorker

— newyorker.com — Ken Adelman is a lifelong conservative Republican. Campaigned for Goldwater, was hired by Rumsfeld at the Office of Economic Opportunity under Nixon, was assistant to Defense Secretary Rumsfeld under Ford, served as Reagan’s director of arms control, ... (more) Interesting Times: George Packer: Online Only: The New ...

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George Will

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time-blog.com - 10/16/2008

Senator Government V. Joe the Plumber

— time-blog.com — I'll have more to say about the debate in my print column, which releases later today. But I did want to say a few things about my colleagues--in general, no names--and the coverage of the campaign this year. Pundits tend to be a lagging indicator. ... (more) Senator Government V. Joe the Plumber

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nationaljournal.com - 10/17/2008

National Journal Magazine - The End Of The Reagan Era?

— nationaljournal.com — The last time a presidential candidate won a landslide that simultaneously carried his party to resounding congressional gains was in 1980, when Ronald Reagan captured 44 states and swept a dozen new Republicans into the Senate and nearly three dozen ... (more) National Journal Magazine - The End Of The Reagan Era?

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Barack Obama

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Beyond the Endorsement: How the Right Should React to Colin Powell
The Next Right — Bottom Line Up Front: The Right needs to rethink and reshape our style, substance, and strategy based on the opportunities and challenges that face us now. Evolve or die. Colin Powell's endorsement of Barack Obama today was one of the three "ouches" Moe Lane pointed out on RedState, the other two being the $150M raised by Obama last month and the 100K strong crowd for Obama in St. Louis. Nobody should take much stock in endorsements, and this wasn't unexpected. Plus, I think John McCain can do a lot more with the aftermath of Obama's conversation with ...

American Conservatives Learn from Powell
PoliGazette — Writing for The Next Right , a website for conservatives activists, organizers, bloggers and thinkers, Matt Moon takes a closer look at Colin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama. Unlike how some conservatives responded, Moon believes that Powell made some excellent points. Republicans, Moon rightfully believes, should acknowledge that the times are changing and that they have not done their party and conservatism a favor in recent years. “I’m more and more convinced that the conservative movement of the future has to engage just as much on the intellectual battleground as we do on the electoral ...

Responding to a Big News Day on the GOP's Future
The Next Right — Bottom Line Up Front: The next leadership group of the GOP must rise above the different wings of the party. Political inclusiveness, public policy creativity, long term strategic thinking and risk-taking are the characteristics I'll be looking for in a chairman/minority leader. I am now a proud coalition member of RebuildTheParty.com, and today's newspapers are highlighting stories and opinion pieces on the future of the GOP. Adam Nagourney of the New York Times writes an all-encompassing piece on the upcoming RGA meeting in Miami as well as leadership battles for the RNC chairmanship and Congressional ...