Battle for conservatism's soul

Politics | Some Republicans are willing to talk compassionate conservatism again | Priya Abraham

The debate is on. Columnist Jonah Goldberg was one of many conservatives late in September attacking Bush administration post-Katrina spending plans by stating, "Here's my silver-lining hope this hurricane season: George W. Bush's compassionate conservatism gets wiped out like a taco hut in the path of a Cat. 5 storm."

Mr. Goldberg wrote that President Bush is "determined to prove he cares about black people, and 'hurt' people, by spending more than the other guys." But spending big and never vetoing bills has nothing to do with compassionate conservatism, according to speakers at the First International Conservative Conference on Social Justice, convened at the Heritage Foundation in Washington on Sept. 27.

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October 08, 2005, Vol. 20, No. 39

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