Hey, a decent question(s). I don't know maybe those who think they speak for *true* conservatives don't know what they are talking about(s).
It's just contradictory to support someone who is so unabashedly opposed to conservative ideals.
True, he did win the straw poll by 13 votes (can't quite recall where it was said that he couldn't win there though...), he's had gobs of mainstream media attention? Duncan Hunter? Pure grassroots.