[af_vet_rr]

Bush's big-government policies have certainly transformed America, but they are not even in the same neighborhood as true limited-government conservatism. Worse, the president, his advisors, the Republican National Committee and Republican leaders in the House and Senate have alienated the party's conservative base of activists and voters.

Compassionate conservatism first brought us the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. NCLB further consolidated federal oversight of education in an era when local control was the mantra of conservative voters and Republican congressional candidates.

2006 is going to be the start of the Conservative base taking back control of the GOP.

[FourPeas]

2006 is going to be the start of the Conservative base taking back control of the GOP.

We can hope, but we need a leader.

[Blackirish]

Nothing personal against Allen but I think he Burns, DeWine and especially W....symbolized the era of "big government conservatism" or "compassionate conservatism" or whatever you want to call it is now as dead as Custer's bugler...and I am happy about that. It was killing us as a movement and our country as a whole. Our forward deficits went from 20 trillion to 40 trillion in just 4 years. This wipe-out needed to be done...better now then 08.

Denny Hastert will now be replaced by Pence ....Hallelujah!

And if any presidential candidate for the Repub nominee even talks about "comprehensive immigration policy" without a fence being built will be toast without a plate.