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NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER George W. Rush: A Loss for Conservatism? BY ALFRED S. REGNERY 3 EFORE NIXON WAS NOMINATED in 1968, newly elected California Governor Ronald Reagan gave...
...The falling poll numbers reflect his base, melting away into disillusion...
...Did I put my faith in this man, did I believe his campaign promises, did I work for him, did I send my money—all for this...
...The recent $286 billion highway bill was $30 billion over Bush's alleged 2004 limit, but he signed it anyway...
...Conservatives who backed Nixon thought that he was "conservative enough" and would do most of what they wanted...
...Proudly so" he responded, "proudly so...
...Liberals never supported him anyway...
...Even presidential rescission—the power of the president to ask Congress to return money to the Treasury—has never been exercised by Mr...
...ask conservatives...
...Let us hope that we won't have to think of this nomination as an opportunity lost...
...If con-firmed, she may be a wonderful justice, or she may be awful...
...Nixon did bring a few—a very few—conservatives into his administration: Pat Buchanan, Lyn Nofziger, and Tom Huston come to mind...
...Lines in the sand have been drawn, then crossed, and a new line 4 THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR NOVEMBER 2005 drawn...
...N O T E F R O M T H E P U B L I S H E R George W. Rush: A Loss for Conservatism...
...Reagan requested Congress to rescind $43 billion during his two terms, and even Bill Clinton requested that $6.5 billion be rescinded...
...It is too soon to know whether we will say the same of George W. Bush, but there are many troubling signs...
...As our editor R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr...
...because of her dearth of a record on the sorts of issues the Supreme Court addresses there is no way of knowing...
...Bush...
...Alfred S. Regnery is publisher of The American Spectator...
...Domestic spending, according to the Wall Street Journal, shot up 29 percent since Bush took office, military spending up 32 percent...
...Whether conservatives will agree, after he is gone, remains to be seen...
...The uninspiring appointment of Harriet Miers is a pure shot in the dark...
...In fact, his judges may prove to be his greatest conservative legacy—at least until now...
...And he was not the last Republican president to do so...
...BY ALFRED S. REGNERY 3 EFORE NIXON WAS NOMINATED in 1968, newly elected California Governor Ronald Reagan gave him a good run for his money, and actually came within striking distance, at the convention, of getting the nomination...
...But in the end, few would dispute that Nixon's presidency set the conservative cause back by more years than he spent in the White House...
...I, for one, will not be surprised if it is...
...Bush on his judicial appointments, which have been universally praised by the conservative movement...
...points out in his astute piece on Mr...
...At his press conference in early October President Bush was asked whether he is still a conservative...
...Bush, the President's falling poll numbers do not reflect liberal disenchantment with his efforts...
...Nix-on beat Reagan back with the help of Barry Goldwater and many other conservatives who had either been supporters for years or felt Reagan could not win...
...The President had a stable of very able, very experienced conservative judges to choose from, any one of whom would have solidified his standing among conservatives...
...Not one spending bill has been vetoed...
...We have had no quarrel with Mr...
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