You can’t classify a person conservative if they happen to agree with just one part of conservatism. It’s a philosophy that touches across every area of your life, your worldview, how you behave and react, your moral foundation. Not just economics.
Please, engage brain.
The problem here is this is a general election. It is not a conservative primary.
Romney is head and shoulders more conservative than obama and He keeps his powder dry enough to win the general election.
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1. Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change.
2. Traditional or restrained in style: a conservative dark suit.
3. Moderate; cautious: a conservative estimate.
4. a. Of or relating to the political philosophy of conservatism. b. Belonging to a conservative party, group, or movement.
5. Conservative Of or belonging to the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom or the Progressive Conservative Party in Canada.
6. Conservative Of or adhering to Conservative Judaism. 7. Tending to conserve; preservative: the conservative use of natural resources.
n. 1. One favoring traditional views and values.
2. A supporter of political conservatism.
3. Conservative A member or supporter of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom or the Progressive Conservative Party in Canada.
4. Archaic A preservative agent or principle.
“Please, engage brain.”
I will if you will, and try for a sense of humor why you’re at it. Like Libertarians all Conservatives can’t be defined by your definition. I know too many people that claim to be moral but are in fact theocrats and would love to be dictators because they feel morally superior. They have a tendency to violate the Constitution the same way as the left. It is for our good.