President Obama has been offering concessions to the Republicans

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55. A site you frequent often?

http://biasbreakdown.com/category/in-our-own-biased-opinion/

Five controversial (and award-winning) ideas for proactive conservative evolution

At National Review, Jonah Goldberg notes an observation by Friedrich Hayek: “It has . . . invariably been the fate of conservatism to be dragged along a path not of its own choosing.”

Whether it’s the fiscal cliff negotiations, entitlement spending, or any other form of government expansion, the progressive agenda steams ahead, dragging and ripping from the ground the constitutional and conservative roots of this country. Conservatives never win on core principles. Our successes only slow the rate of acceleration toward leftist domination.

Goldberg highlights federalism, where each individual state would regain the powers our constitution assigned it, as the path to proactive conservative re-emergence. We agree with the merits of federalism. However, the deck is stacked against that prospect. The federal government has too much leverage over the states.

So what’s the roadmap for returning to federalism?



149 years later
As conservatives grow more discouraged about a country that seems to be losing itself, and as millions grow more and more frustrated with the seemingly unbreachable divide between two differing visions for the country, we would do well to revisit the Gettysburg Address, given at a time when a unified country was nothing more than a fanciful dream. In the 21st century, may we continue to fight for a “new birth of freedom,” a cause our ancestors “so nobly advanced.”