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The Decline and Fall of American Conservatism

By C. Bradley Thompson

Aug 20, 2006
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In 1994, American voters elected Republican majorities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate for the first time in forty years. This ascent to power gave Newt Gingrich and his colleagues the opportunity to launch their “Republican Revolution” with its signature “Contract with America” platform. The election was said to mark the end of an e…

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