Phil Klein of the American Spectator reports on the recent not-so-secret conclave of conservative-movement mavens at Brent Bozell III’s chateau:

TAS Publisher Al Regnery and editor in chief R. Emmett Tyrrell were on hand, along with leaders from policy groups and grassroots organizations representing each pillar of the conservative coalition, from Christian conservatives to libertarians, and everybody in between.

Any antiwar conservatives? Critics of the Federal Reserve and the loose money policies that led to the mortgage meltdown? You know, the issues that cost the GOP control of Congress two years ago and sent McCain down to defeat earlier this week?

Morton Blackwell of the Leadership Institute, Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform, Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, Leonard Leo of the Federalist Society, pollster Kellyanne Conway, and direct mail guru Richard Viguerie were among those present.

As expected: no Ron Pauls or Pat Buchanans need apply.

Amanda Carpenter’s report, meanwhile, reveals Bozell’s plan to reinvigorate the Right:

Bozell pushed them to consider supporting a “whole new generation of organizations, particularly on the grassroots level” and “massively increasing the fundraising.”

Double down with more of the same while demanding greater funding. Is this the conservative movement or the federal government? Of course, the one aspires to become the other…