[At _War_With_Liberals]

Agreed.

"One of the greatest impediments to the success of the movement, some leaders suggest, was the fundamental incompatibility between two of its major goals — scaling back the size and scope of the federal government and waging an aggressive foreign policy to defeat communism around the world. "

Bull#$%^

[At _War_With_Liberals]

Conservatism is de facto 'dead'.

Like Latin as a spoken language. It has obviously been defeated by the party of socialists (Dims), and from within by the neocons.

Conservatives remaining in govt cannot be trusted anymore because they either sold out or (by and large) stood by and did nothing as the Neocons usurped power against the mandate of the 2002 election. The voters never signed on for huge spending and larger govt and limited individual rights, but they pushed it all thru anyway.

There will be a schism in the Republican party, with a new movement that is to the right of the old school conservatives. That is my hope, at least.