“Political parties are complicated coalitions and aren't excessively theoretical.” PoliticalPartyComplicatedPolitical PartiesTheoreticalCoalitions Author:William Kristol
“Conservatism as an "ism" is always going to be somewhat in tension with a political party.” PoliticalPartyTensionPolitical PartiesConservatismIsms Author:William Kristol
“I don't think you want political parties that are entirely driven by some extremely doctrinal ideology.” ThinkingWantPoliticalPartyDrivenIdeologyPolitical Parties Author:William Kristol
“Of course there are different forms of conservatism. I would say just analytically that the Republican Party is more thoroughly conservative and the Democratic Party is more thoroughly liberal today than has been the case for most of modern history.” Has BeensDifferentTodayFormCoursesPartyCasesModernRepublicanDemocraticConservativeRepublican PartyConservatismDemocratic PartyModern History Author:William Kristol
“People used to complain in the 50s and 60s and even in the 70s when I was in school, studying political science, that "if only we could have two political parties that presented a choice, but there were all these liberal Republicans and there were all these southern Democrats who are conservative so people just don't have a clear choice."” PeopleIfsTwoSchoolPoliticalUsedChoicesPartyStudyClearRepublicanDemocratConservativeComplainingSouthernPolitical PartiesPolitical Science Author:William Kristol
“Actually, not because of anyone's intention but just because of some sociological and some other things that have happened over 25, 30 years, the parties have sorted themselves out much more ideologically, which has some benefits and some costs.” YearsPartyHappenedCostBenefitsIntentionSociological Author:William Kristol
