How can you call a man a conservative, that calls Joe Lieberman a conservative? He supports the idea and the reality of a large centralized govt, he is not a conservative. Individual instances of support for pro-life, or lower taxes does not mean that his ideal is a govt no bigger than the Constitution and the 10th amendment specifies. That is what a conservative needs to believe in to be a conservative. Without the restriction on the Fed, we end up fighting battles over every single issue, instead of relying on the backstop of safety the Constitution should provide.