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<p>After a long dance with the far right, the Republican party lost – or abandoned – its desire to control the fringe, shifting from an institutional party to a set of media platforms running on a political platform of pessimism and anger, argues Nicole Hemmer. </p>
The GOP believed it could appeal to its extremist fringe, without succumbing to it.
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The faith of the mystics and the light of common sense go hand in hand.
Through the power and successful political application of its ideas, the conservative movement became a dominant player in America's political and economic realms. With the right leadership,much of the frustration and uncertainty that now characterize theconservative movement will again fade away as they did when RobertTaft, Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan, and Newt Gingrich were themovement's acknowledged leaders.