February 15, 2007 9:35AM # How Big-Government Conservatism Brought Down the Republican Revolution By Cato Editors --- SHARE ![Media Name: leviathan_60.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/pubs_2x/public/download-remote-images/www.cato.org/138620933958/leviathan_60.jpg?itok=Z9E4vJGA) For conservatives generally and the Republican Party in particular, now is a time of intense soul-searching. For the first time in a dozen years, Republicans have lost control of Congress. As a result, they are being forced to reexamine who they are and what they stand for. [*Leviathan on the Right: How Big-Government Conservatism Brought Down the Republican Revolution*](http://www.catostore.org/index.asp?fa=ProductDetails&method=cats&scid=37&pid=1441337), a new book by Cato scholar [Michael D. Tanner](https://www.cato.org/people/tanner.html), provides an incisive analysis of the roots and core beliefs of big-government conservatism and the major currents that fueled its growth—neoconservatism, the Religious Right, supply-side economics, national greatness conservatism, and Newt Gingrich–style technophilia—and offers a detailed critique of its policies on a wide range of issues. *Leviathan on the Right* is a clear warning that, unless conservatives return to their small-government roots, the electoral defeat of 2006 is just the beginning. ##### Related Tags [General](https://www.cato.org/general), [Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).