And they would have to articulate a conservative vision for those welfare state programs that are likely to remain with us, like disability insurance, food stamps and Head Start.
They were inspired in part by a series of memos and speeches that Edwin Meese III, as Ronald Reagan's attorney general in the eighties, had commissioned to articulate a conservative vision for the courts; over the years, the ideas in several of these memos have found their way into Supreme Court precedent.
Of course, Brat is hardly the first Republican to articulate a conservative-populist case against big business — that element has been present in the Tea Party since its inception.
Of course, Brat is hardly the first Republican to articulate a conservative-populist case against big business that element has been present in the Tea Party since its inception.
In articulating a conservative case for gay marriage rights, Mr. Mehlman invokes the term "civil marriage" as a reminder, he said, that he is talking about "marriage under the law, as opposed to marriage as a religious sacrament".
As Mr. Portman did, Ms. Murkowski articulated a conservative case for same-sex marriage, noting that the government should stay out of the private lives of loving couples while promoting the societal benefits of couples wedded by law.
In a year-end address to the Senate about his first year in office (http://bit.ly/vWN5L5), Rubio articulated a conservative road map that is equal parts tough love and compassion and that combines the conservatism of Ronald Reagan with the conciliatory charm of Bill Clinton.
He distinguished himself among GOP attendees at the session with Obama for his knowledge of policy intricacy and ability to articulate a deeply conservative vision of government that would spend and do much less.
Savage argues that Brooks was also channeling Thomas Carlyle, who articulated a skeptical conservative worldview with a curmudgeonly vigor and eloquence generally lacking in punditry today.
I think the answer is that you just need candidates who are willing to articulate a clear, convincing, conservative economic message and aren't afraid of what Republicans are supposed to stand for".
The challenge for the Romney campaign will be to articulate an alternative, more conservative vision of the nation, and in the fall campaign Whatever he says, whatever he did, I'm against it is unlikely to suffice.
