by Maisie Allison
Matt Lewis rebukes the conservative movement's myopic approach to 2012:
[W]inning is not an ideology…a conservative movement based solely on accomplishing a negative goal (removing a president from office) is unlikely to develop many positive/proactive ideas to implement once they have obtained power… There is, of course, nothing wrong with using an adversary as a motivation, but problems arise when accomplishing a negative act becomes the sole motivation. Ideas have consequences, and this one leads to long-term disaster (even if it brings short-term victory).
The Dish 