Capital Scene: The New Malaise?

YOU know it’s time to call the troops together when conservatives start talking about “malaise.” What’s next for the Republican leadership-killer rabbits?

At the International Conservative Congress here last month, one heard two explanations for this predicament. Look, the optimists argued, the Cold War is won, free markets have been vindicated, liberals have gained power but only by sounding like us. This is victory even if conservatives are not in office to savor it. When your “greatest problem is plagiarism from opponents,” George Will remarked, you’re doing okay; so “be of good cheer.”