Sunday, March 6, 2016

REPUBLICAN ‘REFORMOCONS'

“For fresh ideas . . .a candidate had only to turn to a group of
Republican thinkers who call themselves reformocons,’ of whom
[Peter] Wehner is a leader. Last year [2014], the reformocons
published a pamphlet of policy proposals called ‘Room to Grow,’
on healthcare, education, taxes, entitlements, and other topics.
In an introduction, Wehner writes, Americans do not have a
sense that conservatives offer them a better shot at success and
securiry than liberals. For that to change, conservatives in American
politi
cs need to understand constituents' concerns, speak to those
as
pirations and worries, and help people see how applying
conserva
tive principles and deploying conservative policies could
h
elp make their lives better.’"


Packer, George, “The Republican Class War,” pp: 26-34, The New Yorker, November 9, 2015.