so it's a pleasure pleasure to introduce david davenport. [applause] >> thank you, christy. it's great to be with you today. this is somewhat territory today. i worked in senator bob dole's office, which i suppose dates me. this is a newer building for my time, but the hollowed halls, something about the work you do. thank you for taking a break to be here today. you are brave to come listen to me. in an earlier career as an attorney, group not always known for its brevity of speech and now for a long time i've been an academic, which is a group not known for their clarity of speech. as i said, you're free to combine friday to hear what i have to say. i thought i would begin with the 2012 election. as i'm sure you are aware, after that election, many people proclaimed the death of modern american conservatism. one commentator said the titanic is sinking, referring to american conservatism. another one observed the conservative arguments we heard in this election are going to be relics in a museum very shortly. lots of people said that conservatism really needed to change but

this program is 45 minutes. >> it is my pleasure to introduce david davenport. [applause] >> thank you, christie. it's great to be with you today. this is some of the new territory to me, except long, long ago i worked in senator bob dole's office which is supposed dates me, and this is a newer building for my time. i know the hallowed halls, something about the work you do for taking -- so thank you for taking a break to be a today. you afraid to come and listen to me. in an earlier group i was an attorney which is a group not known for its brevity a speech and not for long, i've been an academic which is not known for its clarity of speech. as i said you're brave to come on a friday, to hear what i did say. i thought i would begin with the 2012 election. as i'm sure you're aware, after that election many people proclaimed the death of modern american absolutism the one commentator said the titanic is sinking referring to american conservatism. another one observed that the conservative argument in this election will be -- lots of people said that conservative