I think conservatives need to learn to make the right compromises too though.
1 instance that comes to mind is Herman Cain’s idea of making Detroit an economic recovery zone with the elimination of things like sales taxes for a period of time. A lot of FReepers threw a fit because they wouldn’t be getting the same thing and in the process, they miss the point.
The point was in proving that conservative low tax ideas could get the city back on its feet which would be good for Michigan and the country. A republican doing such things would put a lot of people to work and pull a lot of people off the democrat plantation.
Herman Cain is only one of a number of people who have some great ideas. What turns me off though is that the ideas are funded, oftentimes based on just an idea, rather more of a “how about if we try this....” and no concrete plan and simply because it sounds good. Nor is there any regular reporting, audit or evaluation to determine the effectiveness of the money being spent. To whom did the money go, what did they do with it and what did it accomplish. When I invest money in something, I want to know it’s for and did I get my money’s worth. That just never seems to happen with government agency funding.