Why The Right Went Wrong: ConservatismFrom Goldwater To The Tea Party And Beyond - Plot & Excerpts
“The average conservative reformist output consists of about three articles bashing liberal statism for every one questioning Republican dogma.” After LBJ’s 1964 landslide victory over Barry Goldwater and during the rush of progressive legislation that followed, Republican congressional leaders decided they needed to respond with some proposals of their own. It was the high tide of Great Society liberalism, and Johnson had created a vogue for legislative creativity and national solutions to public problems. Republicans, who had not yet made their decisive move rightward, did not want to be left out, and they hoped that some of their ideas might moderate and ultimately halt LBJ’s juggernaut. Thus arose the movement for Constructive Republican Alternatives. Liberals have always claimed that the original idea was for “Constructive Republican Alternative Policies,” until someone realized how unfortunate the acronym would be. But in truth, the conservative, moderate, and liberal Republicans (there were liberal Republicans then) who put their minds to formulating new policies were a creative bunch.
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