The Cameron Way -- By: Joseph Loconte
Updated: 2009-11-30 08:00:42
E-mail Author Author Archive Send to a Friend Print Version November 30, 2009 4:00 AM The Cameron Way What American conservatives should learn from the British Tory . leader By Joseph Loconte J ust when Republicans were feeling a little better about themselves after their gubernatorial victories in New Jersey and Virginia , along comes an incendiary rant from Michael Steele , Republican National Committee chairman . Steele , the first African American to head the RNC , claimed in a recent interview that white Republicans were afraid to be in the same room with him a bizarre nod to the race-baiting tactics of the Left . Steele's rise within the Republican party suggests just how intellectually and spiritually flaccid modern conservatism has become . It is time to seek guidance outside of its callow and cranky echo . chambers Conservative and Republican leaders might begin by looking to their counterparts in Great Britain . David Cameron , the leader of the Conservative party , has recast British Tories as a more competent , hopeful , and humane political party . At October's party conference in Manchester , for example , Cameron electrified Conservatives by excoriating the excesses