Neocons

Lichtman set aside: the election last week would seem to establish that the "neoconservative" movement is, politically, a spent force. 

"Neocons" were the dominant public policy intellectuals of the Bush era in the history of the Republican Party.  

The Harris campaign spent a lot of time and effort to reach out to Neocons, and to politicians associated with Neocons ideas, notably the Cheney family. It created a strikingly broad alliance with Neocons and Bernie Sanders under the same political roof. 

It did Harris no good.  Indeed, I suspect the rightward stretch of it was a misdirection that did her cause harm.  Because the Cheneys speak only for themselves.  Heck even if "W" himself had come out with a rousing endorsement of the Vice President, (which never happened) the result would likely have been spot on the same. 

Such Neocons as are still active are just a coterie of mutual praise. 

It is possible they never really were anything more: a Potemkin Village in political terms even when they occupied corridors of power.   

The accompanying photo, by the way, is of Alexandria, in Egypt. I 'm showing you that for .... no good reason at all, except that I mentioned Alexandria a couple of days ago and didn't show it to you then.

One more brief election related comment tomorrow....