We then find that in addition to supporting legal abortion, “conservatives of doubt” are wary of supply-side economics, prefer divided government, think states should set policy on stem cells and same-sex marriage, are disillusioned with Bush, and like the filibuster. (Later we discover that this conservative of doubt dislikes the faith-based initiative too.) Now does anyone think that a skeptical and intellectually humble frame of mind necessarily results in support for Sullivan’s views on all these issues? Is that really even plausible?