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Even before the International Conservative Congress (see “The Week,” and Matthew Scully on page 30) had begun, it was arousing controversy-condemned by Virginia Postrel and Jim Glassman in the Wall Street Journal as an agenda of “doom and gloom.” Rush Limbaugh too described it as “dour” until I telephoned in, and he graciously let me make the case on air that it was better seen as “realistic.”

To be sure, the agenda did begin with an analysis of why the Left was profiting most from the political environment created by the Right’s victories. But realistic analysis was followed by optimistic prescription: sessions entitled “Winning Issues” and “Conservatism-the Ideology of Western Renaissance.”

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John O’Sullivan

John O’Sullivan is a senior fellow at National Review Institute and a contributing editor of National Review.

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Even before the International Conservative Congress (see “The Week,” and Matthew Scully on page 30) had begun, it was arousing controversy-condemned by Virginia Postrel and Jim Glassman in the Wall Street Journal as an agenda of “doom and gloom.” Rush Limbaugh too described it as “dour” until I telephoned in, and he graciously let me make the case on air that it was better seen as “realistic.”

To be sure, the agenda did begin with an analysis of why the Left was profiting most from the political environment created by the Right’s victories. But realistic analysis was followed by optimistic prescription: sessions entitled “Winning Issues” and “Conservatism-the Ideology of Western Renaissance.”