Despite the calls that “Conservatism is dead” and “The GOP is wandering in the desert,” that’s not what I saw. I saw many bright, young conservative Republicans there who prove to me that conservatism is not dead. Instead, there’s a growing group of people coming back to the idea that “if we can agree on 8 out of 10 things….” While the more hard-line conservatives would argue against it, I believe it’s the only way to go to prevent a split within the conservative movement among the social, fiscal, paleo-, and neo- cons.

I’ve always said that Republican presidents don’t get the recognition they deserve until they die. Warren G. Harding is the exception to that rule. Immensely popular in the public and in the press during his short time in office, his reputation began a rapid and unstoppable decline immediately following his death. Today, he is almost universally considered the worst of the worst. Phillip G. Payne’s new book, Dead Last: The Public Memory of Warren G. Harding’s Scandalous Legacy examines why.

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How did your political career begin?
I was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, and my father was very active in politics. In fact, he ran for the U.S. Senate and won. However, he died in a plane crash, and John Warner took up the mantle and was elected to the senate in 1978, so he’s [...]