Is conservatism cracking up?

Former National Review publisher Neil Friedman goes public with his opposition to the Iraq war and NR’s “shameful” attack on Robert Novak while the Heritage Foundation purges foreign policy scholar John Hulsman for expressing the traditional conservative skepticism of crusades for democracy(subscription required).

New Right godfather and direct-mail pioneer Richard Viguerie is so disgusted by Big Government conservatism he is urging the right to withdrawal their support from the GOP. Look for these battles to heat up as the Iraq quagmire deepens and the economy worsens. As mainstream conservatives become desperate to disassociate themselves from the failure of “compassionate” and “neo” conservatism they may even return to their libertarian roots.

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7:36 pm on August 9, 2006