Conservative policies have on the whole worked - insofar as any set of policies can be said to 'work' in the real world. Conservatives of the Reagan-Bush-Gingrich-Bush years have a fair amount to be proud of.

Tax credits instead of a huge bureaucracy. This is the question for me.

I was "Never Trump." But it turned out never republican was really the theme of this election.

Political parties are complicated coalitions and aren't excessively theoretical.

Conservative policies have on the whole worked - insofar as any set of policies can be said to 'work' in the real world. Conservatives of the Reagan-Bush-Gingrich-Bush years have a fair amount to be proud of.

Republicans can also point to an alternate path. They can draw upon genuine experts to explain what should be done.

Iraq's always been very secular.