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I fully agree on the overall diagnosis, but I maintain that they allowed a persistent minority voice (the "traditional conservative") to express itself on a fairly regular basis - enough to say that these conservatives still existed, but obviously not enough to claim that they had any influence on Republican thought or policies.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Fri Jun 5th, 2009 at 09:32:20 AM EST
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In a similar fashion, Barron's would run bearish contrarian pieces by Alan Abelson while most of the rest of the weekly was roaringly bullish.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Fri Jun 5th, 2009 at 11:23:12 AM EST
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