[jveritas]

As a result, the vast right-wing conspiracy has grown even more vast than liberals could imagine. And even as the tent has enlarged, the great schisms and splits in conservative foreign policy—so widely predicted just a year ago, so eagerly sought and amplified by outside analysts—have not occurred.

You mean that the extremely powerful (extreme sarcasm) 1% of conservatives (Buchaninites, third party voters) who disagree with the vast majority of conservatives on foreign policy are not causing a big rift in the conservative movement? /extreme sarcasm

[SJackson]

If you'd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

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