Some Thoughts on the Faltering Conservative-Libertarian Alliance

""The typical libertarian shorthand is that we are with the Democrats on social issues and with the Republicans on economic issues. In recent years, the Republicans betrayed us on economic issues. However, my sense is that many in the conservative movement are anxious to repent. On foreign policy, I think that we can gradually persuade more of them to come to their senses on the challenges of the Natural State. Meanwhile, the Democrats seem to be completely dug in to hard-left positions on economics. They lack any vision for foreign policy. I think we should stick with our marriage to conservatives, and try to make it work." [link in original] Murray Rothbard tried this kind of fusionism in the 1960's without much success, so I have to wonder what Kling and others expect to accomplish here?"