[AndyTheBear]

The basic problem is defining the border between the governments sphere and the persnoal sphere. Otherwise I think most conservatives and libertarians would agree on that principle, but will likely disagree on the paticulars.

That is not to say "Republicans" are neccesarily the same thing as "conservatives" as evidenced by the pork barrel spending of the recent Republican congresses. You would be hard pressed, I fear, to find many on FR who appreciated that (paticularly any who would admit it).

[gridlock]

The first step is recognizing that there is a personal sphere.