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July 11, 2008
What's happened to the conservative movement in America? Conservatives Mickey Edwards and Ross Douthat discuss why they believe their movement has gone off track during the last eight years and what it means for the Republican Party. Douthat is senior editor at THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY and co-author of GRAND NEW PARTY, and Mickey Edwards is a former Republican Congressman and author of RECLAIMING CONSERVATISM.
Mickey Edwards
Mickey Edwards was a Republican Congressman from Oklahoma for 16 years, serving as a member of the Appropriations and Budget Committees, the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Foreign
Operations, as well as a senior member of the House Republican leadership. 
He was one of the three founding trustees of the
Heritage Foundation, and national chairman of the American Conservative Union, and served for five years as chairman of the annual Conservative Political Action
Conference. He was also the director of the congressional policy task force advising Ronald Reagan's 1980 campaign for the presidency.
Upon leaving Congress, Edwards taught at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government for 11 years, and now teaches at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and
International Affairs, directing a political leadership program for the Aspen Institute. He was an advisor to Secretary of State
Colin Powell.
Edwards is on the board of directors of The Constitution Project and has chaired task forces for the Brookings Institution and the Council on Foreign Relations.
Ross Douthat
Ross Douthat is a senior editor at THE ATLANTIC and the author of PRIVILEGE: HARVARD AND THE EDUCATION OF THE RULING CLASS, and GRAND NEW PARTY, with Reihan Salam, which is forthcoming in 2008 from Doubleday. He is the film critic for NATIONAL REVIEW, and his work has also appeared in THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, THE WEEKLY STANDARD, GQ, SLATE, and other publications. A native of New Haven, Connecticut, he now lives in Baltimore.
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 Victor Gold Deputy Press Secretary to Barry Goldwater during the 1964 campaign, Victor Gold discusses where he believes the Republican Party has gone astray in the last twenty years. (June 29, 2007)
 Jack L. Goldsmith Former head of the Office of Legal Counsel under George W. Bush, Jack L. Goldsmith, discusses the Administration's expanded view of executive power. (September 7, 2007)
 The Battle for the GOP Highlights from the Moyers Digital Archive on the meaning of conservatism. David Keene, Chairman of the American Conservative Union; Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform; Cal Thomas, Conservative commentator; Richard A. Viguerie, Conservative grassroots activist.
 Nick Gillespie Nick Gillespie, Editor-in-Chief of the libertarian monthly REASON magazine.
(May 11, 2007)
Ross Douthat's blog
In THE ATLANTIC, recent posts include: "The GOP's Carter Moment," "Grand New Party and Practical Politics," and "The Case of Jesse Helms."
"What is Left? What is Right?" Ross Douthat in THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE, August 28, 2006.
Ross Douthat on Privilege NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE's Q and A with Ross Douthat.
NPR: The Diane Rehm Show
Listen to Mickey Edwards discuss Congressional oversight and Iraq policy, January 9, 2007.
The Constitution Project
The Constitution Project Introduces First in a Series of Constitutional Commentary: Congress is the Ultimate "Decider" by Mickey Edwards
Politics of the Future
by Congressman Mickey Edwards, ASPEN IDEA (PDF)
Guest photos by Robin Holland
Published July 11, 2008
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