This election offers particularly dismal prospects for conservatives: the Senate’s most liberal member versus a Republican who combines the worst policies of George W. Bush with an erratic temper and a thinly veiled contempt for the Right. No third-party candidate has been able to break past the margins to mount an insurgent campaign.
Given these impoverished alternatives, no easy consensus emerges. So rather than contrive to deliver an official endorsement, we asked friends from a variety of disciplines and perspectives to discuss how they are voting, whether they see their vote as advancing a particular issue or fitting into a larger strategy, and what conflicts their choice might entail. Some may surprise, others confound, perhaps a few will persuade.
Peter Brimelow
Reid Buckley
John Patrick Diggins
Rod Dreher
Francis Fukuyama
Kara Hopkins
Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn
Leonard Liggio
Daniel McCarthy
Scott McConnell
Declan McCullagh
Robert A. Pape
Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.
Gerald J. Russello
Steve Sailer
John Schwenkler
Joseph Sobran
Peter Wood
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