Excellent article. The only thing I’d argue with is that what the author identifies as conservative policy approaches are not conservative at all. They are neo-con. The very oblivion of what are conservative principles is a direct legacy of the Bush years, and that family deliberate efforts to redefine what is the word ‘conservative’ means.
I agree, he is a little off on his remarks about the conservative policy approaches being non-conservative but then again, we have not had a single conservative policy implemented at the federal level in 20 years! I can’t blame him for thinking that. The only place I ever see liberalism being pushed backward is at the state level..