Will Palin Replace Cheney As Viral Neoconservatism’s New Host?
kritt11 The GOP is hopelessly split between its moderate pragmatists, the libertarians, neocons and the social cons. As long as the so-cons insist on regrouping and using wedge issues for the party platform, they will form a minority in US government. I actually believe that the failed policy of the neocons combined with the bedroom policies of the so-cons handed the election to the Democrats, because these two groups seem to have little or no idea that they are alienating and thus uniting the rest of America. Both are overly reliant on ideology, to the detriment of their ability to find workable solutions. Palin may have attracted those two groups, but was sufficiently repellant to the other 60% to help Obama into the White House. It is hard to see how the party gets past this loss. Reagan was able to accept a 70-80% win as a win- in the end he was successful because he was a pragmatist. Goldwater would be considered a moderate or liberal Republican today and probably be drummed out o
