Some of those ideas are good, Kathryn. (Although I’m not sure why conservatives would prefer George Allen to Phil Gramm as Treasury Secretary.) In general, though, I don’t think McCain’s challenge is to lurch to the right on policy issues; it is to persuade conservatives that he is willing to fight for the conservative positions he already takes, and find areas of common ground where he takes positions that most conservatives dislike.

About the Author
Ramesh Ponnuru is the editor of National Review, a columnist for the Washington Post, and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
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