Sentences with phrase «deeply conservative position»

That's one of the most fundamental differences, I think, between a deeply conservative position and a strictly libertarian one: conservatives think that for all its merits, the right we have to choose in the marketplace needs to be shaped by virtue and ordered by a moral order (I never tire of pointing out that Adam Smith thought himself a moral philosopher).

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In recent weeks, Rubio has sought to spin his positions in a fashion more appealing to the state's conservatives, leaning rightward as the moderate lane remains deeply divided.

He has generally failed to articulate a coherence behind his policy positions — and I do believe there is a deep coherence — thereby allowing the media, and many GOP primary voters, to write off this deeply conservative candidate as a «moderate.»