The Campaign for America’s Furture hosted a debate today between the editor of THE WEEKLY STANDARD, William Kristol, and Robert Kuttner of the American Prospect–part of a day-long event at the National Press Club called “Failure of Conservatism: The Big Con.” The day’s events can be seen here, and included panels such as “How Conservatives Get the World Wrong,” “How Conservatives Get Government Wrong,” “How Conservatives Fail Economics,” etc., etc. There’s even a panel this afternoon that asks “Is the Conservative Era Over?” So anyway, not really much to report. Kristol went into the lion’s den and tried to be reasonable, at one point conceding that “the Bush administration isn’t the most competent of administrations.” Otherwise, I thought he made a pretty persuasive case on the merits. His opponent wouldn’t yield an inch: conservatism has failed horribly, “progressivism” is the only option. The only thing that really made my ears perk up, Kuttner said: