The progressive victories against more conservative Democratic incumbents represent the kind of local, incremental gain many activists believe exemplifies the less romantic work needed to achieve the "political revolution" Sanders called for during his campaign.
The research moves away from a preoccupation with urban retail's novelty and spectacle towards a consideration of the more conventional and conservative kinds of consumption that have been a vital part of the retail ecology of many major cities in the twentieth century.
The American version that Mr. Hewitt created was a kinder, gentler, more conservative take on those models — he covered the difficult topics, but what he brought to the table were his cautious CBS News values, the kind exemplified by that other recently deceased titan, Walter Cronkite.
"South Delaware Republicans have been strongly anti-abortion, against gun control of any kind, and far more conservative on a host of social issues," said Joseph A. Pika, a political science professor at the University of Delaware.
"To the surprise of many, our community may be even more conservative when it comes to these kinds of issues, because they're more exposed," said Gerson Borrero, the editor in chief of El Diario/La Prensa, which has editorialized in favor of major changes to the Rockefeller laws.
Conservative judges get more conservative.
So I kind of rebelled by being more conservative.
Chinese government leaders know little about Mr. Romney, analysts here said, and view him as a new kind of Republican who is more conservative than those they have known.
GOProud, which positions itself as more conservative than the Log Cabin Republicans, was no kinder.
"This is really one of the first months that kind of feels a little bit more conservative," he said.
