[mac_truck]

-BTW name one conservative legislator from New England, or from the north east for that matter.

Gov. Paul LePage and Sen. Kelly Ayotte are two elected conservatives that come to mind. Carl Palidino and Rick Santorum are two conservative candidates who have recently run for office. One might argue that the election of Scott Brown for the seat held by Ted Kennedy was a victory for conservatives also.

Not sure what the point of this exercise is, but there are plenty of conservatives in the Northeast and I'm quite sure more than those I've named serving in office at the state and county levels.

[central_va]

The rest of the country would be grateful if New England went ahead and broke off from the USA.. Don’t worry this will not get a Shermanesque response from us. No burning of New York or March to the Sea. Although the fantasy of kicking Yankee butt across the rust belt sounds nice.

[catfish1957]

Not familiar, and frankly not interested in looking up the first three people you mentioned. I am familar with the last two (Santorum and Scott Brown). If this is a true indication of who you think is a conservative, then that speaks volumes for you.

Point of the exercise????... It toook 10 days for someone to come up with a short list of conservatives, who are RINO's at best. The NE US is bastion of liberalism, and that mindset infiltrates many freepers from that area who think they are conservatives.

Bottom line?....A conservative in MA, would be a flaming liberal here in Texas.