[David Isaac]

This article reminds me more than a little bit, of the bitter debates between the Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks, prior to Lenin's "triumph". While few cheer the results, the Bolsheviks and Communism eventually won out in a big way. Will Conservatism be able to do the same?

Perhaps someday, someone will arrive at a workable definition and thus a working framework for conservatives, that will eliminate some of the crippling quibbling that seems to be de regueur for so many of our finest spokespersons.

[Nonstatist]

someone will arrive at a workable definition and thus a working framework for conservatives, that will eliminate some of the crippling quibbling

The only "quibbling" is coming from the "Judeo-critics" out on the fringe of JohnBircherland.

[Inkie]

Excellent suggestion.

[u-89]

This article reminds me more than a little bit, of the bitter debates between the Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks

That is because old communists (neo-cons) brought the bitter debating tactics with them when the joined/took over the conservative movement and passed it on to their heirs.

Perhaps someday, someone will arrive at a workable definition and thus a working framework for conservatives

Unless classified by a prefix like paleo just consider any mention of conservative in today's world to mean neoconservative because they won. The battling going on now is just mopping up of the battlefield, elimination of small pockets of resistence and making sure old time conservatism is so thoroughly disgraced that no respectable person would consider reading about it much less joining the ranks.