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...neither the Constitution nor the Contract with America. But these days the notion of compassion is at the heart of both the national political debate and the presidential campaign. Concerned that voters see them as heartless technocrats, more and more Republicans want to make sure that the phrase compassionate conservative is not an oxymoron. The derivation of compassion means "to suffer with," and some conservatives, like William Bennett and Arianna Huffington, are worried that come the election next fall, they might suffer for not having shown enough...
...meanspirited." While Republicans donned their green eyeshades, the Great Empathizer in the White House cornered the compassion market. The President's constant refrain that "we should balance the budget in a way that reflects our values" appealed to an American public that likes to think of itself as compassionate. "There is a tonal change," admits Alex Castellanos, media adviser to Phil Gramm. "You've just seen Republicans touch the hot stove of insensitivity on the budget...
Conservatives are convinced that they must go beyond their critique of the compulsory compassion of the Great Society and offer some personal caring of their own. Republican pollster Frank Luntz, who market-tested the G.O.P.'s Contract with America, has been polling on values and telling any Republican who will...
Although Wilson's measure has won bipartisan praise in California, some people believe the initiative is simply a new way to sound tough on crime in the guise of social compassion. "It's a hollow gesture," says Katherine Spillar, national coordinator for the Fund for the Feminist Majority. "It would...
The group, which also includes Marvin Olasky, author of The Tragedy of American Compassion, is concerned about what happens after the budget is balanced. And so, indeed, is love-starved Lamar. The result was a meditative speech earlier this month by Alexander at the Heritage Foundation in which he discussed...