[Timmy]

Rich Lowry is the editor of National Review, the leading conservative magazine, probably, in the world. He ain't David Brooks or Christopher Buckley, who have been "seduced by the world," so to speak. The article makes a lot of sense. We're still fighting yesterday's war. Unless we can adapt conservative principles to the new battlefield, we will continue to lose and the country will slide into European style socialism.

[Timmy]

The problem is much bigger than Boehner. It's primary Bush and the Republican establishment. While I love what Bush has done in a lot of areas (abortion, judges, defense), he's refused to engaged the enemy (the Democrats) and have allowed them and the media to set the terms of the debate. When did he ever defend conservative principles, as Reagan did every time he opened his mouth? And nominating McCain. Perhaps any Republican would have lost this year, with the economy and the media, but at least we could have nominated someone with the stomach to fight Obama and expose his lies during the debates. The House members are casualties of the larger battle at the top.

[DBCJR]

Reagan’s platofrm still works, but that is life relevancy. We are trying to reach an emerging culture that isn’t interested in facts or logic. They are PostModern. We need to reach them in culturally relevant ways. We need to be “cool”. Palin is cool because she breaks all the rules about women, both libs and conserves.