You are either naive or simply choose to deny the facts.
Being a 'conservative' is not a lock-step, koolaid drinking kind of thing. It represents a spectrum of views (as has been stated previously).
The people in this country tend toward a centrist view. An extreme conservative isn't going to get re-elected, you know.
If you think your particular 'conservative principles' are the ones which will win the hearts of the American people, go for it. Find a candidate that will run on them or run yourself.
That's a hoot - since when did fiscal conservatism become extremist? It seems to be a rather mainstream concept.
That's another hoot - the only koolaid drinkers I see here are the folks demanding that us fiscal conservatives drink THEIR brand of koolaid and accept Bush's spendthrift ways.