[CWOJackson]

When the great divide occurred isn't of much interest to me. The fact that there is a great divide does. The fact is, the Paleocons are miles apart from the rest of Conservative America, getting down into the minutia of when and how is getting too far into the weeds for most people.

[KC Burke]

It isn't just the main proponents of Paeleo-Conservatism that write for the journals and magazines that are miles apart. The list also includes the magic formula people of every stripe.

There are Neo-Con purists that never met a weapons system application that wasn't needed tomorrow or a country that didn't need our guidance. There are ideological libertarians that want the ghost of John Stuart Mill to replace the Constitution and for state government to be replaced by the local sewer district committees. There are Randian Objectivists that are awaiting Aynn's resurrection on the White House Lawn.

Lastly, there are people that would like to think of themselves as generally conservative, but want the media and Hollywood to like them and become McCain realists.

As the Pope said of Islam...I find them deficient. The vast bulk of principled conservatives find the pundit infighting like so many little Trotskyite fiefdom revolts. What is that expression of Tony Snow's? Be Reagan.