Two Unexpected Signs Of A Coming Conservative Ascendency

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One is the rise of black conservative political leaders. In California, talk radio titan Larry Elder, who has never held political office, has caused the hapless, hypocritical Gov. Gavin Newsom to panic in the face of a recall effort. In 2003, another political novice, actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, replaced failed Democrat Gov. Gray Davis in a similar recall vote.

Even if Elder loses, he will have shown up Newsom and his ideology in a way reminiscent of William F. Buckley Jr.’s humiliation of the liberal Republican who beat him in the 1965 New York City mayoral race, John Lindsey. Lindsey’s big spending would ultimately bankrupt the Big Apple, but Buckley’s attacks on Lindsey’s left-leaning fundamentals exposed his intellectual bankruptcy via a fiery campaign that gained national attention.

Another development, a very long time coming, could be equally revolutionary. Greg Gutfeld, the hip, irreverent Fox News personality, has in a matter of several months in his weeknight 11 p.m. slot succeeded in overtaking “The Tonight Show” and the other big network late-night programs, whose hosts fill the shoes of the likes of Johnny Carson, David Letterman, and Jay Leno.

If this trend continues for Gutfeld, it will be an unprecedented cultural victory for the right. Late-night talk shows helped destroy politicians, such as Nixon and sexually indiscreet 1984 Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart; it rehabilitated others, as a Carson appearance did for then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton after his interminable keynote speech at the 1988 Democratic convention bored delegates to jeers.

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For the sake of argument

Is this one more Conservative resurgence, or a case of The Left going too far too fast?

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