May 22, 2009 5:31PM 

# Neoconsensus 

By [Gene Healy](https://www.cato.org/people/gene-healy) 

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Since [Rich Lowry](http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/05/22/president_above-it-all_96629.html), [Karl Rove,](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124286200693341141.html) and [Charles Krauthammer ](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/21/AR2009052103680.html?sub=AR)have all admitted that Obama’s anti-terror policies are substantially the same as Bush’s, I assume they’ll refrain from arguing that Obama’s making the country less safe, and they’ll hold the recriminations if and when there’s another terrorist attack. Right?

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