Anymore, I just call them 'Republicans.'
Eggactly!
What really needs to be discussed and fleshed out is the term Conservative.
IMO, not very many people on this forum actually fit the traditional conservative description. They are mostly a faction that grew and developed over the course of the last ten or so years to combat the raging fruit-bats on the other side. They are largely emotional knee jerking contrarians who see evil under every rock.
IMO, they are not in a position to be defining conservatism, anymore than Al Gore.
It's the unfortunate truth, that this party base is very sick and needs a lot of healing before any further elections can ever be won. While Rudy is not a Conservative in every way, he is conservative enough in ways that count, and probably as conservative as potential winning candidate will be on our side.
It is almost laughable that factions on FR seriously believe that the more socially conservative a candidate is, the more likely he/she will get the nomination, when in fact, it is the exact opposite.
Truth and realism must be taken into account, and these folks have absolutely no connection with reality. None whatsoever. Not a bit.
The diametric opposite of the liberal moonbat and no more relevant.