[Pelham]

Neocons largely began with the defection of the Scoop Jackson "Cold War Democrats" to the Republican Party and Ronald Reagan in particular. Although liberal on many domestic issues (as Nixon often was, for that matter), neocons considered a tough foreign policy against the Soviet Union to be more important than supporting their Democrat Party.

With the end of the Cold War in this unifying theme in the "conservative" coalition ended, too, and underlying disagreements over some first principles are splitting the coalition that formed around Ronald Reagan.

[Jhoffa_]

..and underlying disagreements over some first principles are splitting the coalition that formed around Ronald Reagan.

With good reason, imo.

The two groups are diametrically opposed on many issues. I welcome these splits.