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Have you never "compromised"; never changed whom you supported and then voted for, to be president?

The very fact that there is a daily Bush thread on FR is testament to that, nopardons - so you're full of crap for even asking that.

But that apparently isn't enough for the GOP leadership - to ask socons to take a half-step to the left. Now it is demanded by them and folks like you that we move 80 or 90 percent to the left. Even though a lot of the issues stated about Bush in 1999 and 2000 ended up coming to pass - especially his compassionate conservatism, where he is compassionate by massively increasing the size of the federal government.

When does it end? At what point will the GOP cease to differentiate itself from the Dems and there is no reason to care, and it all becomes a battle over who gets to control the allocation of the swag?

Of course, it will never be the leadership's fault for not giving large segments of the base reason to vote, let along volunteer or donate.

I have shamefully compromised on big government spending and looked the other way on some political issues, but in the matters of life and liberty I am determined to stand fast. I had to compromise to support President Bush's "compassionate conservatism," but thankfully he stands in full support of life and traditional marriage and for the 2nd amendment and for tax cuts. I was mortified when he signed McCain-Feingold and signed on with Kennedy, et al, but stood by him for the long term because of his commitment to God, country and family. Hopefully, it'll be sooner rather than later that his supreme court will overturn the McCain fiasco. Also, I'm hoping the next conservative president will stand for the same American traditional values as did President Bush and that he will be an even better fiscal conservative and will be just as committed to defending the nation, even to the point of actually securing our borders.