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She gave a shoutout to Matthew Continetti's The Right, describing it as a readable history of American conservatism that helps understand the arc of the right.
And then I'll give a shoutout to Matthew Continetti's The Right, which is a history of the American right and conservatism, which we'll speak to in a more erudite sense than I did. It's readable and f...
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She gave a shoutout to Matthew Continetti's The Right, describing it as a readable history of American conservatism that helps understand the arc of the right.
And then I'll give a shoutout to Matthew Continetti's The Right, which is a history of the American right and conservatism, which we'll speak to in a more erudite sense than I did. It's readable and fair.
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The host described it as a comprehensive history that reframes the past century of American conservatism as a longrunning war between populist grassroots and elite factions.
The product of Contenetti's decade of thinking and research isn't a manifesto or an essay. It's a history book. In the right, the 100 year war for American conservatism, Contenetti does something valuable.
Matt Continenti, your book is The Right, The Hundred Year War for American Conservatism. It packs a tremendous amount of history into one volume.
Episode: Does Trump Want to Lose the Midterms?
It was praised for tracing the Republican Party's centurylong evolution and showing how historical patterns shape the current political moment.
I think it did the best job that I've seen of reminding us that the iterations and evolutions of the Republican Party over 100 years are important and instructive in terms of the current moment.
