A Tale of Two Parties | Krugman OpEd- NYT

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5. After the Shrub

There was some talk after the Bush II admin that conservatism was dead. Died of a complete failure to actually govern, much less achieve any of the things the conservatives claimed. It was becoming obvious that the GOP would never actually govern nearly as conservatively as they asserted. Deficits rise in GOP administrations. The size of government increases. They do a whole lot of "nation building" with our military. And on their social issues stands, they were losing on virtually every front. They continue to be successful on one issue only, guns. We'll see where that goes soon.