Requiem for the Gingrich Revolution
David Brooks drives a stake through the Class of '94's cheatin' heart.
As time went by, the spectacular devolution of morals accelerated. Many of the young innovators were behaving like people who, having read Barry Goldwater's "Conscience of a Conservative," embraced the conservative part while discarding the conscience part. […]
It took a village. The sleazo-cons thought they could take over K Street to advance their agenda. As it transpired, K Street took over them.