[mrustow]

And I don't believe may people would agree that neocons, given their small numbers, are entitled to appoint themselves as arbiters of what is, and what is not, conservatism.

[quidnunc]

Mrustow wrote: And I don't believe may people would agree that neocons, given their small numbers, are entitled to appoint themselves as arbiters of what is, and what is not, conservatism.

Neoconservatives — or as they are called these days, mainline conservatives — are too busy running the government to worry about identifying, cataloging and bickering over the different permutations of conservatism.

[Austin Willard Wright]

Look at Dubya's record. Despite their "small numbers" the neo-con paradigm rules both at home and overseas.