If conservatives act emotionally and out of fear rather than deliberately and thoughtfully, we risk losing not just elections, but our entire political tradition.
This isn't just an issue for the United States. It's clear in other parts of the world as well that conservative politicians favor charisma as a strategy when their actual political agendas lack substance. In Canada, where I live, we have a Conservative party as the official opposition in Parliament, and the leader addresses the media like the king-in-waiting he seems to think he is- when, in fact, the lack of substance the party has is brutally apparent to non-adherents.
Conservatism and Charismatic Leaders
This isn't just an issue for the United States. It's clear in other parts of the world as well that conservative politicians favor charisma as a strategy when their actual political agendas lack substance. In Canada, where I live, we have a Conservative party as the official opposition in Parliament, and the leader addresses the media like the king-in-waiting he seems to think he is- when, in fact, the lack of substance the party has is brutally apparent to non-adherents.