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Both William F. George and William Kristol have recently talked about Mr. Trump being the end of the GOP as a 'vehicle for conservatism'.

Whether or not that's true, I couldn't say. But the idea is endemic of the problem with modern conservatism.

We've talked about the problem in this space before but it deserves discussion again because its why we're in this mess.

Over the last twenty years conservatives have had this great ideology with ideas about school choice, enterprise zone, pro-growth tax rates, etc, etc...Works great in elections, right guys? This is why Mitt Romney is cruising to re-election and W. won a pair of landslides.

Look guys, no one cares about the ins and outs of public vs private garbage collection. William F. Buckley got that. Paraphrasing now, 'You guys worry about garbage collection, I'm going to save the world from communism.'

Now, the other fatal flaw we, not they, we, because I am certainly with George and Kristol, is the deification of Reagan. Hey, he was always president when I was a kid. So I tread lightly here. But you know what everyone remembers about Reagan? That's right, Morning in America and There's a Bear in the Woods. He had a few simple, strong ideas he conveyed. What were Romney's ideas? What about W's. Hey how about Bobdole?

Mr. Trump is doing the same thing. What do we remember? Crooked Hillary, Build a Wall...you know what your getting with Mr. Trump.