Conservatism: The Report of Our Death is Greatly Exaggerated

In this modern age can any one political movement or party fade away, say like the old Whig Party, or my favorite the Bull Moose Party? Former Presidential candidate Fred Thompson recently talked about the overstated reporting that the conservative movement was dead:

Wall Street Journal: Fred Thompson Opinion Piece

Who holds the key to the success of the Conservative movement? Who might be our next Barry Goldwater or Ronald Reagan? Or is the Conservative going the way of the Caspian Tiger?