What the hell are you talking about? Hastert has one of the most conservative voting records in Congress.
I see an 88% for 2006, quite good.
I still don't care for him. As I recall, he was with Bush on nearly all of the major blunders. He was always an advocate for "compromise" by word and by deed. On issues where the GOP should have held firm, Denny was the one the Rats always approached for a compromise, and there were too many. What really did it for me, though, was the appointment of that Red China lobbyist for a senior staff position with sensitive security clearance requirements. I didn't like it then and I don't like it now.