And an interesting and pivotal challenge was recalled by this author, when he noted:
...it was not at all obvious that anti-Communists, traditionalists, constitutionalists, and enthusiasts for free markets would all be able to take shelter under the same tent....Indeed, that appears to be the problem today as well, if not so much at National Review, but within the Republican Party which is tossing out anyone with a sense of history, anti-communist bent, and strong constitutional conservative beliefs.
Bad as things are in the GOP, I haven't seen much evidence of pro-Communist Republicans these days.