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Whatever else happens tonight, Santorum’s defeat marks a great day for conservatism and a great day for America.

UPDATE I: She also seems not to realize that Santorum has repudiated the principles of Reagan far more than Lincoln Chafee ever has or likely will.

UPDATE II: Welcome outraged Cornerites. K. Lo responds to the “The Ryan-Sager-Dick-Armey Wing of the Right Side of the Spectrum.”

I like that we have our own wing now, though I’m not sure I’m crazy about playing Robin to his Batman.

Anyway, before I get too many outraged emails (I’ll still get them, but that’s OK), I’m not just rejoicing in Republican defeat — though I think the GOP richly deserves defeat this year. Santorum, as I explain in a bit of detail here, is the utter antithesis of the fusionist conservative movement spawned by National Review decades ago. He explicitly does not place the individual at the center of his political thought, in contravention of everything this country stands for. He promotes big government and intrusive government in every aspect of American life — the only difference between him and Hillary Clinton is that she does so toward “liberal” ends and Santorum does so toward “conservative” ends.

Reagan wouldn’t recognize this conservatism. Goldwater would give Santorum a swift kick in the ass.

UPDATE III: I’ll be interested to see the final numbers in the Casey-Santorum race. If it’s really closer to a 20-point blow out than the 12-point blow out the polls have been predicting, here’s a question (two, really): Did K. Lo just have no clue when she kept confidently predicting a Santorum upset, or was she deliberately/carelessly misleading National Review readers to try to cheer them up and motivate them to vote? Neither option is a ringing endorsement of NR’s journalistic standards.