[Cacique]

It bears repeating, Conservatism is a movement, NOT a political party. If you want conservative candidates to come out of the GOP, then conservatives will have to control the GOP. As it is now the GOP appears to be run by weathervanes in washington DC rather than the conservatives in the movement.

[goldstategop]

The GOP bigwigs pay lip service to Ronald Reagan but it is they who have done much to expand government in their decade in power. Why should they be surprised the public thinks their version of Big Government is expedient?

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[padre35]

That is very true, the GOP seems aimless right now.

Reagen also had been Championing Conservatism for many years before he was elected, the only one who has been doing that in the Presidential race (specualtively running anyway) is Fred Thompson.

One of the problems with Conservaitsm at the moment is instead of relying on the Heritage Foundation for mental firepower we now are leaning to Neocon think tanks.

[Theodore R.]

Is this because there are so few conservatives left (like in 1964-1965), or is it that rank-and-file conservatives are just as uninformed as the electorate as a whole?