[FreeReign]

It’s a shame that the word “conservative” has to be qualified with “common-sense”. Remember when a conservative was a conservative? Now we have Compassionate Conservatives, Fiscal Conservatives, Common-Sense Conservatives, etc.

Conservatism IS common sense. What's the problem?

[Retired Greyhound]

Why say it twice, then?

Saying “common-sense conservative” implies that conservatism may not be sensible.

It’s a dumb generic phrase. I wish Palin would drop it.

[MSF BU]

Reagan Republican works best, and it erases most ambiguity.