almost any philosophy, even a good one, if taken to an extreme, tends to get a little nutty. if we take old fashioned conservativism to an extreme, we get an isolationist America like Buchanan wants, while if we take neo-conservativism to an extreme, we get something like an American version of the British or Roman empire, along with major deficit problems.the repub party is probably better off with both wings of conservativism, in some sort of dynamic balance.
what the libs see as a fault line is really a crucial strength.
actually, the really interesting thing about the article is that it pretty much assumes that the repubs have won the election. (which i am assuming also.)
and with HRC running for president in 2008, i think the conservatives and neo-cons will manage to work in a united way.
to keep HER base intact, HRC will have to run further left than she will want to. when she runs to the left, the repubs will pull together.
the fight predicted in the article will probably not last very long.