David Brooks on the future of conservatism

From Brooks’ column today in the NYT:
It’s only been a week since the defeat, but the battle lines have already been drawn in the fight over the future of conservatism.
In one camp, there are the Traditionalists, the people who believe that conservatives have lost elections because they have strayed from the true creed. George W. [...]

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Things will be fine for conservatives…or not.

So was the recent election simply a repudiation of the Bush administration and its GOP allies in Congress, or a more substantive “realignment” of political philosophy by the American people?  Are we moving to the left, or not?
Depends on who you talk to.
In yesterday’s WSJ, pollster Scott Rasmussen suggests that President-elect Obama may not have [...]

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