social conservatives are more conservative on that typical social issues. what we did find is that it was easier for the economic conservatives for lack of a better word. that their lives tended to be a little bit easier than no other reason. they're often concentrated in economics and economist as a whole even left leaning economists think that the free market works better than central planning. in your book as well. it is a list of colleges that had conservative professors. the people at other colleges. that is a list of the schools where we interview people so wait a bit longer of a list. and we could go on to other universities. but you have to draw the line somewhere. there are more. there are colleges where it's very difficult to find any at all. so is tenure important to these conservatives. they probably disagree with your average they see tenure as critical for their own protection. many of them say if you got rid of tenure. who would be the first people to go. if you actually want to protect intellectual minorities and that's part of the purpose o

[applause] conservatives. in george washington's farewell address you can find this statement: religion and morality are the essential pillars of civil society. both libertarians and conservatives understand that government needs to prohibit certain conduct, such as murder in order to protect civil society. the problem is that libertarians have ignored how law shapes culture and how culture shapes beliefs and actions. it seems libertarianism assumes the virtues of character that sustain a free market, are spontaneous and can be satisfied by mere self-interest. we recognize the free market teaches certain values, among them are thriftiness, and politeness. however, the economy on its own cannot fulfill the goals of the political community. let me be clear, conservativism does not say that all vices should be prohibited. rather, the question that conservativism asks us to ask is at what point do individual vices reverbate-- is this my three minutes response? i'm confused by the response. my apologies. i asked th

start with the conservatives. the war on terror, and how would you grade the past 17 years. >> do you want like a letter grade? do you want like a thumbs up or thumbs down? [laughter] >> to be honest with you, for the united states, remarkably well. since 9/11 there have been no comparable sides of terror attacks. we look at europe where they have a considerably less stringent foreign policy, they value their national security a lot less, they have open borders, and the number of terror attacks seem to be endless in terms of what we hear about. conservativism, on the other hand, a conservative foreign policy, we're not going to argue over every little point of history or every single decision by a president with an r next to his name is absolutely right and should be taken in line with the entire vision of conservativism. but we will argue that a conservative foreign policy and active, strong role in the world has resulted in, for instance, under this administration the complete destruction of isis and that a fore

because conservatives are realists. recognizing and sharing libertarians' concern about the tendency of a robust national defense to strengthen the national government. but we also recognize that we must have a balance between maximizing freedom at home and protecting citizens from threats beyond our borders. because in the age of globalized threats we require u.s. commitments abroad. a conservative foreign policy is one that emphasizes prudence over dog ma. because national stewart is not a singlele player game. while history can inform contemporary solutions it can never provide an exact roadmap. that is what prudence is required. we have to take other nation's actions into account. our libertarian colleagues would certainly agree that information is decentralized, while no longer public policy is that more true than in foreign policy? the question before us tonight then is what does restraint look like in the real world? libertarianism is fond of saying the united states should reduce its role in the world but rarely

a number of conservative organizations such as the american conservative union the caucus and the committee for the survival of a free congress were all lobbying against the senate to avoid and reject the ratification of the deal that would give control back to the panamanians. they sent out prominent figures like ronald reagan to speak to local groups about the dangers. carter pushed back against conservatives as the senate battled over it. he had a pretty successful plan. he lobbied politicians individually to whenever their support. we have no chips to call in the way president johnson, nixon and ford did because we have not been there long enough. one of carter's advisors admitted that he figured a way to whenever senate support. to get the vote of florida the democratic senator administration agreed to the meeting with the president and a personal letter from carter that stone could show his constituents assuring the senator that the treaty did not mean he was weakening his resolve and commitment to americans strength in the region. they sent out people all of the country to meet with

i have a we for the conservatives -- a question for the conservatives. you said earlier in your talk that expanded access to opioids led to more deaths. i'm, i would like to know what your response then would be to the fact that since 2011 the government has actually made it harder to get opioids, and opioid prescribing has decreased per capita and yet opioid overdoses have increased by 84%. >> yeah. so it's a complex crisis, but i think there's a couple important lessons for us as we're dealing with drug policy. the first is, is that the fact that there was a black market for illicit opioids even while there was still a legal market. the problem with opioids in particular is how addicting they are, and so people and entire communities were hooked on opioids and are hooked on opioids. and so they can get them legally, they can get them illegally. the point is that this sort of cultural phenomenon and the individual addiction drives the desire to get opioids more than the legal status does. and the point is that that analogies to the past often times in d

a number of conservative organizations, such as the american conservative union, the conservative caucus, and the committee for the survival of a free congress were all lobbying against the senate, to avoid and reject the ratification of -- that would give control back to the panamanians. he sent out prominent figures like ronald reagan, to speak to local groups about the dangers of this vote. carter pushed back against conservatives, as the senate battled over this. and, he had a pretty successful plan. he lobbied politicians individually to win over their support. we have no ships to call in the way president johnson, nixon, and ford did, because we have not been there long enough, one of carter's advisors admitted. but carter still figured out a way to win over --. to get the vote to florida, democratic senator, richard stone, for example. the administration agreed to apply the meeting with the president and a personal letter from carter to stone, that stone could show his constituents, assuring the senator that -- didn't mean it was weakening his resolve and commitment to america's s

conservative are still look like conservative like. they promote conservative values. that's how they built the country. that's the only argument i can think of. [applause] >> thank you so much for coming out. i think one of the best things about your show is the theme song. joyful expresses that life is -- i'm wondering what advice do you have for students who get caught up in oftentimes depressing what a politics to not get cynical and stay wise and joyful? >> he's got to stop. you really do. that's me, sorry. [laughing] i'm a technical genius. [laughing] you've got to stop. the left has managed to politicize everything. when you're politicize what a man is and what a woman is, you've pretty much politicize everything. you've got to walk away. you really do. you have to spend some time every day with the people you love, with the arts which are great source of joy. with the outdoors which is a great source of joy and you just have to stop. because you know what, charles krauthammer made this point that the thing about politics is it makes, it's only important because

look like conservative life. they thought they knew everything they knew about human nature and they knew how to build a country. that's the only thing i can think. >> i think one of the best thing about your show is the theme song. what advice you have for people who get swallowed up in the depressing world of politics and get cynical. how do you stay wise and joyful. >> , technical genius. you have to stop. the left has managed to politicize everything. you've got to walk away. you really do. you have to spend some time every day with the people you love and the outdoors and you just have to stop. charles made the point, the thing about politics is that the only thing that matters is that it makes things possible. supposed to create a framework to do the things that matter. the point is life. you have to live your life even though you're fighting. [applause] [applause] [applause] cspan "washington journal", live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up saturday morning, stars & stripes r

neo conservatives and conservative republicans argue that the president only focused on human rights when it came to nonallies of the soviet union. the ability of carter to balance this trade off between human rights and detente was starting to break down by 1978 at the heat of the discussions over salt too as i'll discuss in a bit. the biggest and first nay mmajo political battle comes with the panama canal. carter decided in 1977 that anger about u.s. control of the panama canal, which for those of you who have been studying the entirety of 20th century u.s. history know had become a symbol for many in latin america of american imperiliasm. this tension had to be quelled. this will help rebuild the u.s. standing in this part of the world. very few americans supported what carter wanted. for many this had been the panama canal, one of the nation's greatest chi esest ach. one warned that if they did this, they would instantly belabbe labeled as soft on communism. i'm going to play as i speak some scenes from the ceremonies with this agreement is signed. the opposition was energized t

art doesn't look like what conservatives want art to look like. they promote conservative values. all the founders read the greek tragedies. they knew everything about human nature. that is the only argument i can think of. >> thank you for coming. you gave a beautiful talk. one of the best things about your show is the theme song. i am wondering, what it buys you have for students who get swallowed up in the depressing world of politics to not get cynical? once you've got to stop. you really do. sorry your that's me. i'm a technical genius. you've got to stop. the left has managed to politicize everything. when you politicize what a man is any woman is you have politicize everything. you've got to walk away. you really do. spend some time every day with people you love, with the arts, a great source of joy, with the outdoors, and you just have to stop. that theade this point thing about politics is it makes -- it is only important because it makes the things that matter possible. it is supposed to create a framework in which you can do the things that matter. politics is not the

we have people that do not understand that conservative values are you conserve. you conserve the union, your fiscal resources, your national and strategic resources. because of politics, we get wrapped up into a political party of right or left or democrat, republican, and we lose the truth. just like we think about the american civil war as a war between the north and the south, wars aren't usually started by just a people. it is inspired by the military. steve: thank you for the call. matthew: it is interesting that the caller, 2016 was the first time he didn't vote republican. trump obviously was a democrat for many years to the extent that he had beliefs. some of his views now invert the party's for example long-standing support of free trade agreements. but trump is, you know, in some ways he does spring out of an alternative tradition in the conservative movement. there are echoes in george wallace and richard nixon in terms of how they talk about law and order. when you hear wallace talking about the police taking their heads in, that is this idea of this

and effectively conserving wildlife. it is an honor to welcome you as a witness before the public works committee. thank you for traveling to be with us today. i know frontier days is coming to cheyenne and you will be busy over the next week and a half but i'm grateful that he will take the time to be with us today. please proceed. >> i hope you give me your nodes on that. it's an honor for me to be the governor of wyoming. >> to all of the members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to be with you this morning and the opportunity to speak about the endangered species act amendments and the discussion draft. to start i want to share i witnessed some of the greatest success in 1987 on a rant should biologists removed from the last 18 black footed ferrets in the world. before that they were believed to have been extinct. today due to collaborative efforts that they've been reintroduced and each state with canada and mexico. another example when listed as threatened in 1975, biologists estimated as he was 136 r

the legislators 143 conservative republican men ran for office compared to 25 conservative women. the disparity is smaller in the pool of legislators comprised of 36% of women and 64% of men. again virtually the same percentage of the pro- democratic men and women ran for congress than 1.4% or 1.6% and this amounted to 44 liberal democratic women that ran. the greater number also means there are more who have a chance to run in an open seat. second, republican women were on average. members like olympia snowe and nancy johnson came from the moderate wing of the party and republican women were disproportionately infested by the rise in polarization. there's a near complete makeover of the women in congress over the past 20 years. the moderates of yesterday have been replaced by the marsha blackburn of today. gop women are ideologically conservative and images of the paul ryan kevin mccarthy better now majority of the party cauc caucus. of the 22 republican women serving in congress right now, only two of them have been in office since before 2000 and they've got to retire this year

among conservatives there is a traditional conservative value of reverence for tradition. tradition is something they take seriously. something we want to preserve in the united states. freedom of speech freedom of assembly, throwing off monarchy, innovation striking out to the front tier, american conservativism has had a bit of a dynamic streak to it. trump comes from that tradition. >> if i may is more harmful to conservativism than any of the character flaws that i have found in candidate trump during the primary season. it is something that happened two fridays ago. it threw me for a loop. first, one of his great decisions and the ones i mentioned, was the one to go into syria and take care of some of the major chemical -- that were there. and, i read things that were said about that. i was praising him. and thinking it's marvelous and gutsy. i like the courage of his decisions. but i listen to conservatives and read what they wrote about it. i heard some in the car watch television and even fox, i found critics of what the president did from what would be considered

and you conserve the union. you conserve your fiscal resources. you conserve your national and strategic resources. and because of politics, we get wrapped up into a political party of right or left. or democrat, republican. and we lose the truth. the american civil war as between the war of the north of the south. wars aren't usually started by the people. >> thank you for the call. >> so it's interesting that the caller in 2016 was the first time he didn't vote republican. trump was a democrat for many had years to the extent he had beliefs. some of it's used now, obviously, invert the party's long standing support of free trade agreements. but trump is, you know bb in some ways he does spring out of an alternative tradition within the conservative movement. and there are echoes, for example, in george wallace and richard nixon in terms of how they talk about law and order. when you hear wallace, for example, talking about just let the police take their heads in. that's a -- this idea of this kind of talk. you know, this incredibly tough talk to

you know, they're conservatives. they don't have sex, they're having sex because they're so bored with my speech. the sweat going down my back. anyway i finished and i got the light applause and stumbled off the stage. about five the sweat going down hand, age and embrace my that was the hand, that was the most wonderful speech we've ever heard. i said they hated me. you know? and they said well they're conservatives, they're all usiness majors and engineers and poly-sci majors. who are you? english majors. so i went home, i was so upset i called my pal and ru breitbart. and i said what a day i just tried to talk to conservatives about the culture. there was this gust of laughter over the phone. so for the next several years i went around to conservative groups giving speeches about how we ought to care about the culture and how the culture works and what it does and why ought to have think tanks that think about that think about tvs and movies and books and we ought to give awards and build -- because the thing abou

conservatives believe in facts. facts don't care about your feelings where's the left seriously believes there is no such thing as a moral reality. it's just the narrative, just a fiction. there's a book out called sapiens, bill gates loves this book. what he says is what makes them different from animals they create, they create these crazy stories like there's a god, a carpenter rose from the dead and it brings them all together. countries are fiction. it leads no value. stories bring us together and it's useful but it's not always true. manly point is if you have one side that believes in facts and another that believes that the truth is established by fiction, who do you think would be better at telling stories? it will be the left. it matters more to them than it matters to us. you can see it with paul ryan on his doomed attempt, people thought he wasn't conservative enough because he didn't talk harshly, but he had the guts to go out and try to reform entitlements. his basic point is when you have social secur

[laughter] even in places that are not conservative, sometimes conservative ideas can win. in the city of seattle, about as liberal as you can find, they are in competition with san francisco for that crown to be the most crazy. the city council passed a $500 per job head tax. extensively to fund programs for the -- ostensibly to fund programs for the homeless. they were going to have another $500 head tax, no idea where the money was going to go to. the business community stood up and said that is enough. they did a referendum on this action by the city council. again, a vast majority of cities around the country, you can do this. we needed together 19,000 signatures to refer to the ballot in a 28 day period. we got 45,000 signatures. the activity of doing that much actually, not that much more expensive, here is what the end result was. the council listened and learned. before we could file and take it knowing the tax would go down, and it was the same ballot some of them would run for reelection on, that is be buildthey would their own tax they had passed 21 days earlier

values are you conserve and you conserve the union, you conserve your fiscal resources. you conserve your national and strategic resources. and because of politics, we get wrapped up into a political party of right or left. or democrat and republicans and we lose the truth. just like we think about the american civil war, as a war between the north and the south. where wars aren't usually started by just the people. it's inspired by the military. >> tony, thank you for the call. >> it's interesting that the caller in 2016 was the first time he didn't vote republican. trump obviously was a democrat for many years. to the extent that he had beliefs. some of his views now obviously invert the party's for example longstanding support of free trade agreements. but trump is in some ways he does spring out of a, an alternative tradition within the conservative movement. and there are echoes for example in george wallace and richard nixen in terms of how they talk about law and order. when you hear palace for example talking about just let the police kick their heads in. i mean

we have people that don't understand that conservative values are conserved. you can serve your fiscal resources. you can serve national and strategic resources. because of politics, we get wrapped up into a political party of right or left or democrat or republican and we lose the truth. just like when you think about the american civil war as a war between the north and the south, it isn't inspired by the people, it is inspired by the military. >> thank you for your call. >> it is interesting that the caller, in 2016, was the first time he didn't vote republican. trump was a democrat for many years. some of his views now, obviously, invert the party's long-standing support of free trade. but trump is, you know in some ways, he does spring out of an alternative tradition within the conservative movement. there are echoes in george wallace and richard nixon, in terms of how they talk about law and order. when you hear wallace talk about, just let the police kick their heads in. this idea, this kind of talk, this incredibly tough talk, cracking down on those wh

there's an argument within the conservative world about what does it mean to be conservative. it's an article i want to engage in. i'm happy to publish people from a broad range of perspective even to publish people from the left, what i would say in relation is that i find it more interesting to publish critical books on left and right from left and right. so right-wing attacks on liberals i find that we run that out. i don't find that interesting. >> you can still seven but it doesn't excite me. i'm interested in the secretary and argument on both sides. the argument between the left and liberals is fascinated. i have one of the underwriters i signed up on the left to you didn't mention is nathan robinson. was also the editor of the magazine of a millennial socialist intellectual called the american affairs. he is a brilliant young author. his fantastic and i plan to publish all of them. because as the millennial generation. if i could hand the keys to the conservative intellectual movement today i would do it. the cause, i have been very impressed. people not millennial's b

for you -- conservative. he's been known to actually vote against the republican party when it wanted to spend too much money. he's just a profoundly good guy. it's my pleasure to introduce to you congressman jodie heist of georgia. great to be here with you, and thank you so much. [applause] >> governor abbott learned the table is wobbly so be careful with the water. >> all right. good to go. >> i wanted to dive right in with you on this discussion because it seems like we're at a time where there is a division, more and more frequently as the party finds its footing back in the white house, where do you balance conservatism and being a member of the republican party when it's not the president but it's republican members of congress who are spending lots and lots of money right now. >> yeah. listen, that's a great question. by the way, thanks for having me and thank you for being here. y'all are critical in what's and lots of money right now. >> yeah. happening in our country and i really mean that sincerel

why are you a conservative? >> well, as margaret thatcher used to say, the facts of life are conservative, and i think that's really part of who i am. i grew up in a conservative household, my parents were small business owners so it just was kind of part of who we were. they never sat us down and said this is the left believes, this is what the right believes, republicans, democrats, more of a conversation piece and wrote a letter to bill clinton when i was six years old about taxes and unfair he was taking our money and we didn't get to spend his money. he wrote back with a junior argument about paying fair shares, that's when it really started. i'm the daughter of american revolution, my grandpa fought in world war ii, lots of family members in the military, and it was part of growing up for me. i didn't realize until high school that the man wearing a cowboy hat on the poster in our garage was actually ronald reagan, so my parents just, it was how we were, i grew up on five acres of land in flagstaff, arizon

we've seen creep back into the conservative movement this idea that conservative and republican are synonymous. and they're not. it is a no-brainer that the republicans support the republican party and stand with the republican leadership. in all cases. but for conservatives who believe in small government and believe that people who are in control of the local level tend to do a better job than people in washington, sometimes it boggles the mind that conservatives are standing behind a party that this year will have a $1 trillion national deficit. let alone the debt. these are people who supported small government. so how does the small government party incur a $1 trillion deficit, let alone debt? i really want to have these conversations. i want to talk about localism. scripture says that if you seek the welfare of the city in which you're in compile, there you'll find your welfare. and i think that should be a motto for conservatism. that we do best when we do things locally. texas does best when texas governs texans. [applause] when georgians governs georgians. when we all look to washingt

at talked about how to discuss conservative ideas on college campuses. this is just under one hour. >> thank you for the wonderful introduction, and thank you all for having me tonight. seems like you guys been having pretty busy and pretty fun past three days. we got in at 2 a.m. and you all were are still up in the lobby i think this is a lot about how hard you've been working tonight. so want to start today first by introducing myself. he did, , my name is liz wheele. i hope the show "tipping point" on one america news network. you can catch that every night at 9 p.m. eastern. but before we really get into the meat of what you want to talk about today i want to start with a little store which i think you guys might like. i've told this story before i'd it really depends on the audience, whether people think it's funny. but i think you guys you are conservatives on college campuses, i think you guys are going to like this. daniel and the lion's den come you live and work and study every day into liberal cesspool that our college campuses. one to ask yo

and prohibition is a wonderful example of a conservative movement, a conservative progressivism thatdemanded a massive intervention in everyday life of the american people. you can follow that with the narcotics bureau, the drug enforcement agency. these are all, and then most obviously and lavishly, defense spending. now, are there libertarian conservatives who say oh, my goodness, these are terrible developments, they were a huge mistake? of course. but they have been the dominant impulse in a conservative movement which is different than a conservative ideology. a muscular state development is as intrinsic to practical conservatism as it is to liberalism. >> i think we have time for two questions. dale, and then philip. >> great. thanks. very interesting panel. s that question largely for david of one of the things that strikes me -- i love your comparison of taft versus eisenhower and what they were after. one thing that strikes me that was embedded in your discussion and that could be broadened out is in fact they were fighting over two different aspects of the strategic logic h

there was social conservatives, there was fiscal conservatives, and there was national security conservativeshas really changed and overtaken by events. now, there still is an entrenched conservative architecture that exists in washington, d.c. and beyond. in the think tank world, in the activist world, and the political world and they would say that conservatism is doing fine. but there's a real rift in the party. you see commentators like charles krauthammer-- may he rest in peace-- >> stephen: god bless him, yeah. >> --and george will and many longtime republicans. >> stephen: george will, who just said, "don't vote for republicans in 2018, vote for democrats." ( applause ) that seems like there might be a little bit of a problem with the conservative movement. >> you think? right, precisely. so, there's a real rift between, i think, conservative intellectuals, many conservative intellectuals, and then sort of the conservative apparatus that still exists in d.c., that is still well funded, and is still sort of moving ahead and saying, "everything's fine here. nothing to see here, folks." a

the conservative equation of immorality.that is that is why i think many conservatives were outraged by his opinion in lawrence. in this important way and it is important he parts company with conservatives is useful to keep in mind there are two distinct types of conservatives those for whom tradition is at the core of their political views and those for liberty is at the core of their conservativism. for example we can distinguish between robert bork from libertarian conservatives like rush limbaugh. perhaps. perhaps due to kennedy's emphasis on responsible he is better labeled as a a libertarian conservative rather than a modest upper terrien but it is a fine line to draw and do libertarians really want to draw such a line? in this way helen's thesis that justin can one -- justice kennedy's opinions are libertarian raises a new question of who should be considered inside the libertarian tent tenant and who was outside. one answer can be found in the books title itself, the tie goes to freedom. if that is one got level ins

they've been the predominant impulse in a conservative movement which is a different conservative ideologymuscular estate development is practical to conservatism is to liberalism. >> i think we have time for two questions. >> this is a question for david. one think that strikes me. i love your comparison of taft and eisenhower. one thing that strikes me that was embedded in your discussion and that could be brought out is that in fact they were fighting over two different aspects of strategic logic. one is about what is the best means to our end and that's free trade versus protectionism. more importantly they were fighting over whether our ultimate ends, our national security versus parochial well sectors and industries. it seems what eisenhower was about in the 50s was we have these free trade or advantage trade to help others and build our larger sphere because that's about the cold war and winning the cold war. the other end of the spectrum was taft he was parochialin the sense he seemed to be fighting for certain regions and industries and believing test this protection was the best

-- yourself to be a conservative before you started this journey into conservative salons and think tanks? >> guest: well, the answer is not really. and it's a hard question to answer. part of what happens in publishing is that when you start out, you're open to everything. and when i was a young editor at the free press, i was really an academic editor the. the free press was one of a small group of serious intellectual publishing companies. we called them academic crossover houses. free press, basic books, pantheon, shocken books, norton to some extent. hybrid academic and trade publishing companies. so in my early career, i was tasked with finding books from a wide range of academic disciplines and the humanities. and i would go the academic conferences and talk to professors, and i'd be competing with, you know, academic publishers; harvard, oxford, norton. never dealt with an agent in the first, you know, five or eight years of my career really. what happens is when you have a success with something, that kind of becomes what you're identified with. and then you, you get more o

they have been the predominant impulse, a conservative movement which is different than a conservative ideology. muscular state development is as intrinsic to practical conservatism as it is to liberalism. >>i think we have time for two questions dale and then philip. >>very interesting panel. this is a question for david. i love your comparison of taft versus eisenhower and what they were after. one thing that strikes me that is embedded in your discussion in fact we are fighting over to different aspects of strategic logic. one is about what is the best means to the end and that is free trade versus protectionism. more importantly they were fighting over the ultimate end, the security and national security versus parochial wealth, maximization for certain regions and sectors and industries. it seems what eisenhower was about in the 50s is use free trade or advantage trade to help others and build our larger sphere because that is about the cold war and winning the cold war. that is national security as the and. the other end of the spectrum was taft was parochial in the sense that he

we as young conservatives have to know what we are talking about. we have to know why we believe what we believe. what i mean, we have to be able to take a democratic talking points like adjuster with democratic socialism. and in the space of five minutes, sometimes as little as 30 seconds, we have to be able to destroy it. that is my challenge to you today. i want you to make a list. i see a lot of you have notepads in front of you taking notes. i want you to make a list of 10 or 15 issues, the most popular democratic talking points and a way to teach yourself how to destroy those talking points in less than one minute time. this is why it is so important. let me ask you a question. your classrooms, dear professors talk about politics? a lot? yes. your professors and classmates to the talk about president trump? yes. do kids perhaps you went to high school and now you are just friends on facebook, you don't go to school with them anymore. do they post about how donald trumps rhetoric divides our nation? they say that it is unprecedented? right. we'

and we have seen creep back into the conservative movement this idea that conservative and republican our synonymous. and they're not. it is a no-brainer. they stand with the republican leadership for conservatives who believe in small government and believe that people who were in control of the local level. sometimes it boggles the mind that conservatives are standing behind a party that this year it will have a 1 trillion-dollar national deficit. i really want to have these conversations. i want to talk about localism. in scripture says if you seek the welfare of the city in which you are exiled then you will find your welfare. i think that should be a model for conservatism. we do best when we do things locally. texas does best when texas governs texas. when georgians governor georgians. when we all look to washington dc for the solutions we empower people who are far away from us. it's kind of funny nowadays to see progressives in california start talking about federalism. i want california to be california as well. i tell people all the time. i'm a big believer in federalism. an

but there are the to see the conservative republican breakthroughs as a goldwater conservative with a landslide election, 16 years after goldwater was annihilated in the campaign to see a radical transformation in a short period of time but no single moment there is a perfect storm of social conservatives with religious mobilization and the idea that scandal and corruption and watergate was the message by trust my government and my government is confident and will not waste my money it is transformed by 1980 through ronald reagan government is not the solution to your problem that is the problem. >> in this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem. [applause] >> what i hope people get from this book, one of the reasons why i wrote the book is historians and political scientists and journalists have been trying to study and understand political change, especially what is driving history is that goldwater is crushed in the 64 election losing to a liberal texan running on the great society platform of bigger government fulfillment of the ne

you made reference to your times to an entity called the conservative coalition. i have not heard of that is a formal infantry before appeared are you talking about an organization or simply talking about an amorphous group of conservatives? >> appreciate that question because i should've explained it. i did explain it before you came in. you get a tardy slip for that. thank you for the question. the conservative coalition was the group on capitol hill that consisted of republicans who of course were in fdr and conservative president democrats are western democrats who are becoming increasingly isolationist and anti-fdr. often they have a numeric majority on capitol hill and they dominated the news coming out of capitol hill. they were propaganda machine that is anti-fdr, anti-globalization, antiwar. it was an ongoing effort to deal with the conservative coalition as they kept attacking roosevelt for what he was doing. >> the coalition is tied loosely or not loosely? >> it of course had relationships or shall interest groups. they were off capitol hill. they were

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