Indeed. And why would any moral, conservative American vote for a candidate whose supporters sneer at "social conservatism?" They simply would not.
Some of these self-styled "real world Republicans" need to get a clue about their own elitism and learn what America is about... from real Americans.
THIS conservative puts the War on Terror above everything else. It's an old baseball maxim for a pitcher to strike out the guy in front of him, and not worry about the guy on base.
The deadly batter right in front of our noses is Islamic fascism, and these other debates, however important they are, will be utterly meaningless if we don't get this one right.