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The triumph of mediocrity

From Slate, what should the GOP do now? Tucker Carlson, Ross Douthat, Douglas W. Kmiec, et al debate. From Taki's Magazine, Daniel Larison on GOPocalypse — and the future of the Right; and Austin Bramwell on the closing of the conservative mind and the triumph of mediocrity at NR. An article on the battle ahead for the individualist right. Philip Klein on how conservatism can rise again. Howard Phillips' World: Could the Constitution Party pick up the pieces of the GOP? Here are six ways John McCain can recapture his former glory. Why McCain Lost: He never got the economy right (and more by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair). What next: Does Sarah Palin have the potential to be the Ronald Reagan of 2012? Bernard-Henri Levy evaluates Sarah Palin: The small-town woman should not be underestimated. Frank Furedi on Obama and the fall of "the silent majority".  John Judis on America the Liberal: The Democratic majority, it emerged! Thomas Frank on why conservatism isn't finished — and liberals shouldn't be overconfident. A review of Taking on the System: Rules for Radical Change in a Digital Era by Markos Moulitsas Zuniga; Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries by Naomi Wolf; and The Change Manifesto: Join the Block by Block Movement to Remake America by John W. Whitehead.