Robert Maranto (Arkansas-Fayetteville) and Richard E. Redding (Chapman): Bush's Brain (No, Not Karl Rove): How Bush’s Psyche Shaped His Decision-Making. Daniel McCarthy on how neocon godfather Irving Kristol rewrote the American Right (and more). From The Nation, an article on the curious case of Meghan McCain; and CampusReform.org is a social networking site with an agenda: to provide training to future leaders of the political right by harnessing ground-level organizing capabilities (and more). From Reason, an interview with Steve Forbes on 1930s-style economic policies, the news industry, and the future of the GOP. A round table discussion: Are the Tea Partiers good or bad for the GOP? In the brief age of Obama, we have had “truthers,” “birthers,” Tea Party activists and town-hall dissenters — comes now, the “Oath Keepers”. The Conservative Bible Project: Looking for conservative diamonds in a liberal dung-hill. From World, meet Ted Cruz, the Republican Obama. Fill out your census form in red or blue ink: The rather nerdy constitutional pursuit of counting everybody in the country once a decade has become a political issue like everything else. From TAS, Quin Hillyer writes in defense of principled moderates. From TNR, Leon Wieseltier how the common ground is not always the high ground; when it is without end, moreover, the search for common ground is bad for bargaining. An excerpt from The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory by David Plouffe. Disorganized: What happened to Obama's massive network of grassroots activists?
