Ragone vs Rove

Karl Rove pours through the numbers in this WSJ op-ed. 

He makes some interesting observations, but misses the larger point:  conservatism needs to adapt to the range of issues that will define our politics over the next few decades -- namely, energy policy, global climate change, healthcare, and entitlement spending. 

Sure, 2010 will likely be a good year for Republicans -- off year elections always favor the party out of power.   But it's not enough for the GOP to win on the margins; they need to make huge gains in both chambers just to get close to parity.

And to do that, they'll have to acknowledge these new set of issues, and begin formulating policy prescriptions. Time to recruit some intellectuals back to the party.

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[j zaetz]

Farve for president in 2012. I changed my vote.