George Packer On The Future Of Conservativism

Very nice piece in this week's New Yorker. I'm impressed by the breadth of the sourcing. It is worth noting,however, that David Brooks made this point back in 2004. You remember 2004 don't you? That was the year when fools were running around talking a permanent majority. Brooks, to his credit, saw through all of it. His piece was written before the election. I wonder whether he had any second thoughts. Back to Packer. He has some lovely quotes in there especially from Pat Buchanan who once again reveals himself to be two steps from evil incarnate. Anyway my only issue with Packer is that he subscribes to the myth of Obama's problem with white working class which has been pretty well debunked. Otherwise, I loved it.