SCOOP – THE NEW NEW RIGHT -- REPUBLICANS LIKELY TO STEER RIGHT AFTER DRUBBING – CONSERVATIVES PLAN SECRET POST-ELECTION STRATEGY SESSION IN THE VIRGINIA COUNTRYSIDE – Politico's Jonathan Martin: 'Two days after next week's election, top conservatives will gather at the Virginia weekend home of one of the movement's most prominent members to begin a conversation about their role in the GOP and how best to revive a party that may be out of power at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue next year. The meeting will include a 'who's who of conservative leaders -- economic, national security and social,' said one attendee ... One of the topics of discussion will be how to fashion a 'national grassroots political and policy coalition similar to the out Reagan years,' said the attendee, a reference to the development of the so-called New Right apparatus following Jimmy Carter's 1976 victory and Reagan's election four years later. ...
'Sarah Palin will be a central part of discussion. If the Arizona senator wins, the discussion will feature much talk of, 'How do we work with this administration?' said the attendee, an acknowledgment that conservatives won't always have a reliable ally in the Oval Office. Under this scenario, Palin would be seen as their conduit to power. 'She would be the conservative in the White House,' is how the source put it. Should McCain lose next Tuesday, the conversation will include who to groom as the next generation of conservative leaders – a list that will feature Palin at or near the top. ...
***'Few believe that the Republican party will respond to another brutal election by following a path of moderation, but conservatives are deeply dispirited and anxious to reassert the core values they believe have not always been followed by Bush, congressional leaders and their party's presidential nominee . Many on the right, both elites and the rank-and-file, see a rudderless party that is in dire need of new blood and old principles: small government, a robust national security and unapologetic social conservatism. '