Charles Kesler has a thoughtful discussion of the future of American conservatism:
http://www.claremont.org/publications/crb/id.1644/article_detail.asp
At one point he says: “American conservatism stands or falls, however, by its allegiance to the American Revolution and Founding, even as modern liberalism really began, in the Progressive era, with a condemnation and rejection of America’s revolutionary and constitutional principles.”
I believe many Americans are now beginning to understand this.
Vern