Reformist Conservatives

David Brooks describes the battle lines that have been drawn between Traditional GOPers and Reformist GOPers. He predicts that the Traditionalists have the upper hand now because all the moderates were swept from office and the Traditionalists still control all the GOP think tanks and institutions. He's on the mark ... this is the debate going on between conservatives that started with the Palin pick and has metastisized after the election.

On a related note, Michael Crowley has a piece in TNR on John Podesta's Center for American Progress and how it has become an institution of democratic policies - and will probably be a springboard to the Obama Administration. I bet Brooks would agree that the GOP needs their own Podesta.