[Urbane Guerrilla]

I agree with some of HM's points here, and would add that both ends of the spectrum naturally enough promote making laws that would push their agendas. It seems to me the left of center, the so-called progressives, have had more success at this than the right-of-center.

The neoconservative movement (if such it truly be) is older than many of the posters writing here, as it got going in the late 1960s, building quietly until it started getting widespread attention in the nineties.