More important, the conservatism of the delegates does not necessarily show that new Republicanism is just hypocrisy.

ECONOMIST: The selling of a candidate

Though party activists may not accept the whole agenda of new Republicanism, they like substantial parts of it.

ECONOMIST: The selling of a candidate

Just as important, they have some reason for thinking the new brand of Republicanism might actually work.

ECONOMIST: The selling of a candidate

Mr Hoffman is the candidate for the Conservative Party of New York, an outfit founded in 1962 to rail against Rockefeller liberalism that dominated east coast Republicanism at the time.

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