[JSDude1]

they are not "extreme social conservatives". It isn't "extreme" to role back tyranous Judical decisions or the protection of innocent human life which is at the heart of their "social conservatism". (With all due respect.)

Hagle may be a fine man (I don't know), neither is he my senator, but he seems like a compromiser to me, not a true RR Conservative, maybe I am wrong, but I just think there are "BETTER People" out there..(somewhere I hope Conservative "X").!

[MinnesotaLibertarian]

they are not "extreme social conservatives". It isn't "extreme" to role back tyranous Judical decisions or the protection of innocent human life which is at the heart of their "social conservatism". (With all due respect.)

I support rolling back many of those court decisions, including Roe v. Wade. What I find extreme are things like the Federal Marriage Amendment which transfers power from the states to the federal government, and intervenes in the personal lives of citizens. I also find much of the rhetoric used arguing for such laws to be extreme ("Defending marriage is the ultimate homeland security", etc).

Also, for the record, I speak only for myself. I disagree with Senator Hagel on several issues, but I am open to the idea of compromise, a concept which people of all ideologies seem to have forgotten about.