The Death of ConservatismBy: Sam Tanenhaus Sam Tanenhauss essay Conservatism Is Dead prompted intense discussion and debate when it was published in The New Republic in the first days of Barack Obamas presidency. Now Tanenhaus, a leading authority on modern politics, has expanded his argument into a sweeping history of the American conservative movement. For seventy five years, he argues, the Right has been split between two factions: consensus driven realists who believe in