I don’t think any of the frontrunner GOP candidates are Free Republic Conservatives. I also think the “frontrunners” are down to Mitt and Rudy.
Then why is Fred doing BETTER than Romney in most polls?
Sad but apparently headed that way. And that's precisely why the GOP is going down the tubes with conservative voters. Conservatives recognize a left-leaning liberal political pig with conservative lip-stick smeared on them for appearances sake. The GOP is in a sad state of disrepair when it has to settle for MSM-made "top-tier" candidates that have to talk conservative (but act like nanny-stater leftists) in order to get the party nomination. Makes me realize that even Ronald Reagan couldn't win his own party's nomination now.
There's not one particular type of conservative on FR. If there were, then there'd be no disagreements on which candidate to support in the primary.