Robert Bluey

Roots of Defeat – Patrick Ruffini, National Review
The four-year ascent of Barack Obama from state senator to president marks not just the triumph of a man, but the coming of age of a movement.
(tags: 2008 obama politics conservatism)

Seeking the GOP's Future on the Internet – Washington Post
At 6:50 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 6– less than [...]

Change Conservatives Can Believe In – Pat Toomey, National Review Online
Senator Mitch McConnell and Rep. John Boehner have a tough two years ahead of them. For the second election cycle in a row, conservative-leaning voters gave the Republican party an ultimatum: Shape up or ship out. And now the leaders of the GOP better deliver [...]

Conservative Nation – Mike Franc, National Review Online
One question surfaces repeatedly as the pundits obsess over the exit polls. Have Americans lurched to the Left in any meaningful way? If so, are they likely to sign long-term leases in Hotel Obama, or are they simply on loan until they experience the consequences of modern-day liberalism?
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Can Libertarians and Social Conservatives find Common Ground? – Hunter Baker, Acton Institute
As the standard bearer for American conservatism for two decades, Ronald Reagan effortlessly embodied fusionism by uniting Mont Pelerin style libertarians, populist Christians, Burkean conservatives, and national security voters into a devastatingly successful electoral bloc. Today, it is nearly impossible to imagine [...]

What America's Republicans can import from Britain's Tories – Tim Montgomerie
A number of US commentators – including Fred Barnes, David Brooks and Mike Gerson – have suggested that the Republicans should study the renaissance of Britain's Tories as they plot their own way back to popularity. That's good advice because – despite recent setbacks [...]

Soros-Funded Democratic Idea Factory Becomes Obama Policy Font – Bloomberg
Three blocks from the White House, on the 10th floor of a sleek glass building, young workers pound at computers, with giant flat-screen TVs overhead. It has the look and feel of a high-tech startup. In many ways it is. The product is ideas.
(tags: soros obama [...]

Right-wing bloggers see their chance – Walter Alarkon, The Hill
Conservative groups are hardly celebrating the election of President Barack Obama, with perhaps one exception: right-wing bloggers, who see a ripe opportunity to catch up with the left.
(tags: obama blogging republicans)

Cantor says GOP is no longer 'relevant' – Washington Times
Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia, poised to [...]