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well, ace, in the main on this one we're talking about the same strategic situation, but you assume there is a unified set of principles that unite economic conservative, neo-cons (foreign policy oriented types), social conservatives, evangelical protestants, etc. and i don't. i see a language that enabled the various factions to talk about the same general ideas, and that this language is now a Real Problem for the right. i think it's more generative as a way to think about this analytically---but i'm also looking at this as a chess game that other people are playing. and i admit up front to being interested in watching the game itself collapse--but also in how that collapse is avoided.
it's an interesting time to watch the republicans, particularly if there is no deus-ex-machina handed them as they try to figure out how to move next.
the democrats would not have the same problems---they never opted for the illusion of unity and identity--that's why the republicans are hoisted by their own petard (nice phrase, eh?) in a special way...
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