In the week since [the poll] ... we've seen almost every leading conservative opinion leader, jurist, come out against this nomination.

I don't think there is a single member who thinks she deserves this nomination. And I don't think there is a single Republican who would be sorry if she were to withdraw.

The elite isn't leading anymore. It's trapped.

He talks to everyone, from Catholic groups, the Republican party network over the country to conservative intellectuals and the Washington media.

We, as conservative intellectuals, should not be in the business of making excuses for bad parliamentary decisions by Republican leaders in Congress.

Partly because of the desperate economic situation in the country, what were once the leading institutions of conservatism are constrained.