For the original Douthat blog post see:
http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/02/why-the-right-fights/
From the Frum quote: "...they felt the public’s wary eyes upon them. They didn’t dare, and they realized that they didn’t dare."
Mr. Ross, it might be worth remembering that "..the public’s wary eyes upon them..." is another way of saying that the majority does NOT want to undo to New Deal and the Great Society. Last time I checked, "democracy" still means that the majority opinion rules, albeit with appropriate safeguards for minority rights.
So perhaps what the so-called "real conservatives" fail to understand is "democracy". That failure to understand democracy is certainly evident in their current attempt to literally undo a program ("ObamaCare)" which was legitimately and constitutionally implemented by holding the entire country hostage through a government shutdown and possible government default.
They pretend to "just" want to fix ObamaCare (and fixing it will certainly be required), but their methods of extortion are completely undemocratic and insane.
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