Tag Archives: Conservatism

  1. Prime Ministers Mark Rutte of the Netherlands and David Cameron of the United Kingdom attend a summit of European leaders in Brussels, October 26, 2011 (AFP/Eric Feferberg)

    Political Cowardice Wrecking Europe’s New Right

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    Europe’s conservatives and liberals haven’t dared make the philosophical argument for budget cuts and are losing because of it.

  1. Former Pennsylvania senator and Republican Party presidential hopeful appears on MSNBC's Morning Joe, January 10, 2012 (Louis Burgdorf)

    Santorum Steals Conservative Thunder From Gingrich

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    The former senator emerges as the right wing alternative to Mitt Romney but his social conservatism could be a problem.

  1. Texas congressman Ron Paul, a Republican Party presidential hopeful, appears on ABC News' This Week, February 5, 2012

    Libertarian Paul Says He Leads “Intellectual Revolution”

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    The Texas congressman said “people are talking about free market economics rather than Keynesian welfarism.”

  1. Former House speaker Newt Gingrich, a Republican Party presidential hopeful, appears on NBC's Meet the Press, January 22, 2012

    Newt Channels Conservatives’ Resentment Of Mitt Romney

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    Newt Gingrich’s win in South Carolina has less to do with the former House speaker and everything with Mitt Romney.

  1. Republican senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina appears on Fox News' Hannity, January 13, 2012

    DeMint Warns Republicans Not to Ignore Paul Vote

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    The conservative South Carolina senator urged his party not to reject the libertarian congressman’s presidential run as irrelevant.