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meganmcardle.theatlantic.com - 11/4/2008
Whither conservatism?
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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 passing represented a great opportunity to put ...
Notes from the collapse
hotair.com - 11/5/2008
Notes from the collapse
— hotair.com — This morning, after having absorbed the substantial victory of Barack Obama, I noticed a couple of interesting... items in the data. Barack Obama certainly won this race, but he won it with just a little more votes than George Bush won in his ... (more) Notes from the collapse

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rossdouthat.theatlantic.com - 11/3/2008
Lost Horizons
— rossdouthat.theatlantic.com — I had a succession of meals last week with smart conservative friends, and I found them all... relatively sanguine about the defeat that's almost certainly about to be inflicted on the American Right. Each of them, in different ways, express a mix of ... (more) Lost Horizons

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washingtonmonthly.com - 11/6/2008
We let Bush down
— washingtonmonthly.com — WE LET BUSH DOWN.... A friend emailed me last night, telling me that this op-ed from the... Wall Street Journal may very well be the single most foolish op-ed ever published in a major American newspaper. That's obviously a difficult... (more) We let Bush down

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Maggie's Farm:  Election Day Links

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan:  Saving The GOP

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Election Day Links
Maggie's Farm — ... Whither Conservatism? McArdle. I read such things with skepticism, because I think politics has a lot to do with timing and the right communicative talent. Often those seem more important than ideology. Bush was not elected on ideology. ...

Election Day Links, with the new Maggie's Mascot
Maggie's Farm — ... Whither Conservatism? McArdle. I read such things with skepticism, because I think politics has a lot to do with timing and the right communicative talent and tone for the time. Often those seem more important than ideology. Bush was not elected on ideology. ...

Saving The GOP
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Megan responds to Ross: Obama is almost certain to disappoint in big ways; he doesn't have the money to pull an FDR, or even an LBJ.  He will have to fulfill their committments before he can look to his own, and the tax situation is looking pretty dire.  Obama may turn out to be the president of tax increases and spending cuts, which didn't work out so good for the first George Bush. But for me, I think one thing is clear:  the Republican party cannot survive without some time in the wilderness.  ...

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