https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/11/16/second-look-at-compassionate-conservatism/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 14:27:51 -0400<![CDATA[Neither critics nor supporters of compassionate conservatism could come to a consensus over the question of whether it was a mushy-gushy marketing slogan (a Republican version of Bill Clinton’s feel-your-pain liberalism) or a serious philosophical argument for a kind of Tory altruism, albeit with an evangelical idiom and a Texan accent.]]>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:20:00 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/11/16/second-look-at-compassionate-conservatism-n97534