Pence will need a bigger office if he’s going to save conservatism

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If Mike Pence is going to save conservatism from the populist sharks, then he’s going to need a bigger boat. Or at least a bigger office.

The headquarters of his Advancing American Freedom think tank is crammed with refugees from the Heritage Foundation.

Every desk in its ninth-floor office on Pennsylvania Avenue is filled,