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Activism in America: The conservative takeover

• By Erik Loomis Erik Loomis is a visiting asst. professor of history at Southwestern University. He blogs at Alterdestiny. He can be reached at eloomis20 [at] gmail [dot] com
  
• Activism in America: The conservative takeover
  
• The New Right came to prominence largely as a response to the 60s, while also borrowing heavily from their enemies' tactics.
  
• Why has conservatism had so much success? Why have the Tea Parties washed over the American political scene, possibly altering the nation's history? I suggest two major ways conservatives have outflanked progressives. First, conservatives better understand how to move the levers of power in this nation. Second, conservatives have a defined ideology to guide them and progressives do not. Together, these two issues have done more than any of conservatism's inherent advantages to make them successful and to push us to the political margins.
  

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