These two trends in conservative thinking mean guarded support for the President mixed with anxiety.
Of course, the great possibility is that it could all collapse under the weight of conservative thinking.
"It will create more fiscally conservative thinking," he said.
It's also profoundly at odds with the best traditions of conservative thinking.
An embrace of conservative economic thinking would be politically useful.
But the scouting staff's conservative thinking has changed since the start of training camp.
"The Conservatives" does not examine the consequences, for better or worse, of conservative thinking.
This situation does not seem to welcome conservative thinking.
This trend toward conservative thinking is similar to what happened to the silent movies.
But in its competition with conservative thinking for the soul of America, it has won hands down.