The Conservative Ascendancy

Dec 6, 2007

Heritage Foundation

Donald Critchlow talked about his book The Conservative Ascendancy: How the GOP Right Made Political History, published by Harvard University Press. In his book Professor Critchlow chronicled the history of the modern Right over the last sixty years and described how each time they faced defeat they rebounded stronger than before. He .. Read More
Donald Critchlow talked about his book The Conservative Ascendancy: How the GOP Right Made Political History, published by Harvard University Press. In his book Professor Critchlow chronicled the history of the modern Right over the last sixty years and described how each time they faced defeat they rebounded stronger than before. He explored the battle for control of the Republican Party as well as the battle between conservatives and liberals for control of the government. Mr. Critchlow responded to questions from the audience.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:21 none IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE OUR SPECIAL GUEST TODAY DONALD CRISTELLO SPECIALIZES IN AMERICAN HISTORY...
00:24:33 Unidentified Speaker AS A PROFESSOR AT MIDDLE AMERICA'S SCHOOL, I KNOW THAT MOST OF US WOULD FEEL THAT HISTORY TODAY IS...
00:25:22 Unidentified Speaker THEY ASK, DO WE HAVE MICROPHONES? IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A GROUP DISCUSSION AS WELL ON THIS. THE...
00:29:48 Unidentified Speaker CAREY TICKET. PAUL -- SAID THE CONSERVATIVES WON MANY POLITICAL BATTLES. IN THE END WE HAVE NOT WON...
00:30:06 Unidentified Speaker THIS WAS A COMMENT THAT HE MADE, A VERY LOW POINT AFTER THE 206 ELECTION. AND THE CULTURAL BATTLES...
00:32:08 Unidentified Speaker MY NAME IS CRYSTAL CHAVEZ FROM THE CRYSTAL CHAVEZ FOUNDATION. MY QUESTION FOR YOU, AND LOOKING AT...
00:32:28 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS A TOUGH ONE. TO IS THE TRUE CONSERVATIVE? I THINK, LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY AND MAYBE I AM TRYING...
00:34:15 Unidentified Speaker LET ME INTERRUPT YOU A MINUTE TO FOLLOW UP ON KRYSTA'S QUESTION.
00:34:21 Unidentified Speaker I THOUGHT I WAS OFF THE.
00:34:22 Unidentified Speaker WOULD YOU PERHAPS ARGUE THAT THE RESISTANCE OF CONSERVATIVES TO SUPPORT MOST OF THE CONSERVATIVE "CANDIDATES"...
00:34:51 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION JOHN, AND I THINK THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT WHEN RICHARD NIXON WAS IN OFFICE,...
00:37:01 Unidentified Speaker I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO APPEAR CONSERVATIVE TO BEGIN WITH, LIKE MAY BE JUST...
00:37:54 Unidentified Speaker GIULIANI, ON THE MAJOR ISSUE OF ABORTION AS FATALISTICALLY SAID HE IS WILLING TO TURN ABORTION BACK...
00:39:21 Unidentified Speaker I AM TRYING TO GET A HANDLE ON THE COMMENT YOU MADE EARLIER ABOUT LIBERALISM BEING BASICALLY DEAD...
00:40:17 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION TO ALLOW ME TO FOLLOW UP. LIBERALISM I THINK FIRST OF ALL LIBERALISM...
00:41:47 Unidentified Speaker I THINK YOU COULD MAKE THE CASE POLITICAL.
00:41:53 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS NEW DEAL LIBERALISM.
00:41:54 Unidentified Speaker CULTURAL IS SOME IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL TOLERANCE, SURVEY RESULTS OF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE EXTREMELY TOLERANT...
00:42:15 Unidentified Speaker I THINK AS FOLLOWS UP WITH -- I AM SORRY I FORGOT YOUR NAME. IT FOLLOWS UP FROM CARRIES QUESTION....
00:44:35 Unidentified Speaker MY NAME IS ED POWERS. I AM A SEMIRETIRED NASA ENGINEER. MY QUESTION WOULD BE, RELATES TO THE CONSERVATIVE...
00:46:01 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. I SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME IN THE BOOK TALKING ABOUT THESE DIVISIONS...
00:47:37 Unidentified Speaker I AM CHRISTOPHER GARR WITH THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION. YOU MENTIONED HOW PRESIDENT BUSH LOST 18 TO 24-YEAR-OLD...
00:48:21 Unidentified Speaker WHERE DID YOU GO TO SCHOOL?
00:48:25 Unidentified Speaker I THINK WHAT I FOUND ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES IS VERY CONSERVATIVE THOUGHT. I WANT TO SAY LIBERTARIANISM,...
00:50:24 Unidentified Speaker I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT. I DON'T THINK THE NUMBERS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD BUT THAT IS MY RECOLLECTION....
00:50:50 Unidentified Speaker AND THE END I THINK THE AMERICANS IN GENERAL CARE ABOUT ELECTION, ABOUT ECONOMICS AND IN PARTICULAR...
00:51:22 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, I AM A CIVIC LEADER AND AN ECONOMIST. THE QUESTION I WOULD HAVE FOR YOU IS AN HISTORICAL...
00:52:57 Unidentified Speaker OKAY, YOU ARE ASKING ME TO PREDICT SOMETHING ELSE AS AN HISTORIAN, I HAVE TO TELL YOU I ONLY PREDICT...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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