Some Republicans are arguing that voters rejected their candidates this week because they weren’t conservative enough.<\/p>\n
NY Assembly Republican minority leader Jim Tedisco told our Albany correspondent, Karen DeWitt, that it’s time to return to core principles.<\/p>\n
There is a tendency when there is that much pressure from the other side to suggest, well, maybe we have to move a little bit to that direction, moderate, move to the left. I think just the opposite is the case.<\/p>\n
We’ve got to dig and show that our core values can be effective in taking us out of this economic situation we’re in.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Some Republicans are taking heart from surveys showing that more Americans describe themselves as “conservative” (34%) than “liberal” (22%).<\/p>\n
The trouble, however, is that by far the biggest chunk of voters describe themselves as “moderates” (44%) and it seems that those folks favor Democratic policies by wide margins.<\/p>\n
Here’s an observation from the conservative National Review, penned by columnist Andrew Stuttaford:<\/p>\n
I think this begs the question as to what self-described ‘moderates’ mean when they label themselves that way.<\/p>\n
My guess is that the very idea of what a ‘moderate’ is has shifted quite some way to the left of late.<\/p>\n
In many respects, the right’s key job over the next four years will be to push it back again.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I think that’s a tough assignment, for a party and a movement that are increasingly in disarray. <\/p>\n
Especially in the Northeast, there’s little evidence that Goldwater-Reagan-Gringrich axis of Republicanism has much traction.<\/p>\n
So what can the “new” conservatism look like? Comments welcome.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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