These discussions always leave me wondering what conservatism even means. To me, its essence is small, Constitutional government. To others, it means other things. Seems like we have to find consensus on the "must-haves" of conservatism, vs. the "nice-to haves."
We can discuss what conservatism means, but I can tell you what conservatism is NOT: voting for leftist liberals. Anyone who either votes for them directly, or throws their vote away, knowing that it will help the leftist socialists, is NO CONSERVATIVE and have no right to claim to be one.
These pretend conservatives gave us 8 years of Clinton, gave us the current Dem Congress and seem to be all set to give us 8 years of Hillary. I shudder to think what Hillary supported by a Dem Congress will do to the country.