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David Sirota has some interesting things to say about the GOP faithful. A good reminder that Conservatism in America is not longer a state of mind, but an actual intellectual project for change.

As an aside, what does GOP stand for?

Interesting article though, thanks. Never heard the "center-right nation" bit before though. Am I listening to the wrong radio personalities?

Grand Old Party

Grand old party, IE, republicans. a little fun historical fact: about 100 years ago (before WWI) the positions (liberalism vs. conservatism) were actually effectively swapped in many areas, liberals supporting free trade, conservatives wanting protectionism etc. just fun to point these things out.

Modern Liberals, at least the smart ones, still support free trade in most cases. The protectionist platform is primarily used to offset the idea of Democrats as the tax-and-spend party.

It was GW Bush who introduced tariffs on steel imports.