by Sam Roggeveen
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17 April 2009 6:08AM
When the American conservative movement is ready to reverse its slide into cartoonish extremism, it will turn to thinkers like Reihan Salam for ideas about how to be relevant to the concerns of twenty-first century Americans. Reihan is co-author of Grand New Party (about the future of the Republican Party) and blogs at The American Scene.
As others have pointed out, Reihan is rather brilliant. He also happens to be excellent company, and I had a fantastic time talking with him today in a busy Washington restaurant:
