Goldwater Conservatism, RIP

Via Yglesias, a passionate lament for the death of modern conservatism.

When Terri Schiavo is finally allowed to slip past her cruel fate and move on to a better place, she will not be the only one to have died this month. At another gravesite, this marker should be erected:

Barry Goldwater's Conservatism in America
1964-2005