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Reagan Left Long Ago -- The Conservative Crackup 2007
By Arthur Bruzzone (02/01/07)
SAN FRANCISCO, Ca -- The eerie replication of the seventies continues.
With one exception. In 1976, President Nixon took his "silent majority" and
the Republican party into a dark winter. But a movement, optimistic and
hopeful, and a charismatic leader, proven and confident, percolated in the
wings. Flash forward to 2007, as the conservative coalition collapses and
engages in sectarian verbal violence, there is no fresh, self-confident
leader being groomed in the wings. No promising large-state governor,
articulate, tenacious, and cemented to principle.
Instead, the party's leadership has been transferred, de facto, to moderate
pragmatic leaders, each flawed, and each a blend of left and right leanings.
In other words, they're just a step away from conservative Democrats.
In a previous column ("After The Republican Fall", October 2006), I
envisioned what would occur following a major defeat in the November 2006
elections.
The conservative movement and the Republican Party could have bunkered down,
cleaned up the wreck, and prepared for the next wave. There was the
another possibility I didn't discuss; the actual outcome. The factions of
the fragile conservative coalition --- like Sunnis, and Shiites, and the
rest of the cast blowing themselves up in Iraq -- have turned their minds,
passions and pens on each other.
They're inflicting serious damage. The wreck was caused by the likes of
Christian Coalition 'leader' Ralph Reed (taking six-figure checks from
high-flying lobbyist Jack Abramoff to run a phony campaign to help an Indian
tribe), greedy fiscal conservatives (feasting on earmarks and busting the
federal budget driving discretionary spending up 35.8 percent), the myopic
neo-conservatives like Paul Wolfowitz and Richard Pearle (and their holy
wars everywhere, all the time), and finally the inexperience of President
Bush as a wartime president. It means the Republican Winter will be much
longer than I expected. Meanwhile, the conservative crackup is in full
force.
Thirty years ago, President Nixon left the party in shambles. Democrat Jimmy
Carter beat President Gerald Ford. But during that presidential campaign,
Ronald Reagan entered the scene. There wasn't a convention delegate in
Kansas City's Kemper Arena in 1976 who doubted that Ronald Reagan would be
back. The limp presidency of Carter set up the sequel to the '76 campaign.
The conservative coalition coalesced. They held hands, buried their
intellectual hatchets: Fiscal conservatives, libertarians, moral
conservatives, Christian conservatives, strong defense advocates, anti-tax
advocates, journalists, speakers and the rank and file found a leader. Four
years later, Ronald Reagan was president.
Thirty years later, the Republican Party had the reigns and lost it. We
controlled Congress and presidency. The failure is solely ours. The
Democrats, divided and intellectually bankrupt, can share no blame for
Congress' performance or current U.S. foreign policy. It will get worse.
In 2008, Republicans must defend 21 out of 33 contested Senate seats.
Colorado Senator Wayne Allard won't be running. Other possible retirees
include Ted Stevens of Alaska (taking with him his bridge to no where),
Senator John Warner of Virginia, and Pete Domenici of New Mexico. Other
vulnerable GOP senators include Gordon Smith of Oregon, Norm Coleman of
Minnesota, and John Sununu of New Hampshire.
Once the primaries are over, Democrats will have fire in their belly.
Victory at all cost, whomever the nominee. So, we have the prospect of a
Democrat-controlled Congress and presidency. It couldn't come at worse time.
The country has an impending rendezvous with trillion dollar Medicare and
Social Security deficits. All the elements for the biggest expansion of the
federal government and taxes in U.S. history. The Democrats are masters of
big government and higher taxes.
American politics is dominated not by ideas. In American politics, great
ideas are embodied in a charismatic leader. The two-party system guarantees
that a winning party is in the end no party at all; instead a united
coalition. Only a strong leader can unite a coalition. That's what makes
the conservative winter something to be feared. Until a proven winner
emerges who understands and can connect with all the factions of the
conservative movement and the Republican party, the American voters will be
in no mood to hear the themes of the last 25 years. There is no one on the
horizon. Reagan left long ago.
Arthur Bruzzone
http://www.sfunscripted.com/
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Arthur Bruzzone is a well known San Francisco Bay Area political media
commentator, an award- winning public affairs TV producer, talk show host,
and served four years as Chairman of the San Francisco Republican Party. He
has written over 150 political articles for national and regional media, and
has appeared or commented on political issues for American, European, and
Asian television and radio networks.
Art Bruzzone has been published in local, state, and national journals
including the Wall Street Journal. He's been a regular online columnist at
AmericanDaily.com, previously featured columnist at Townhall.com and other
gateway sites. He is editor of Counterviews.com.
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news programs, CNN, CNN Headline News, CNN-TV, BBC-TV, French TV, local
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state-local, and environmental issues. Bruzzone has been quoted in the NY
Times, LA Times, the Wall Street Journal and USA Today and on urban policy,
international politics, and urban environmentalism
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estate company, Bruzzone Strategic Investments. He holds a MBA from Golden
Gate University, and a MA in Philosophy from CUA, Washington, DC.
He has served as State Commissioner on the Bay Conservation and Development
Commission, Chair of San Francisco Republican Party, and Vice Chair of the
Count Chairs Association of the California Republican Party.
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