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Originally Posted by AngPur
There are always too types of 'a look at the opposition' editorial.
Firstly, you have "we need action now to stop this!" klaxon type.
The other is a "they're really weaker than they look..." type.
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And Andrew Sullivan would classify as one of these.....?
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Yes, the doubletalk of small government while nursing new bureaocracies is disturbing, but put plain and simply most of the right doesn't see it, and even those that do aren't necessarily going to change their voting habits over it.
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Sure, but eventually, they will. To assume that there will never be an ideological upsurge isn't consistent with history. The conservative movement in this country really gained its fire during Republican administrations.
Eventually, the ideologues that take up the think tanks and help pay for the political mailings and phone banks, as well as the conservative/"new" media, will turn against big government conservatism. The next presidential election will either appease this group, or it'll fire them up.
Keep in mind, when the religious voters aren't happy with the choices, they stay home (ie. the 2000 election). When the ideological conservatives don't like the options, they create an in-fight. If they lose the in-fight, they look to third parties.