The country didn’t stop being conservative.
Really? Is that why so many Democrats running on conservative platforms have replaced RINO Republicans across the country? Is that why Obamalamadingdong himself used rhetoric first espoused by Ronald Reagan again and again on the campaign trail? Obamalamadingdong even evoked Reagan's name on several occasions.
This is still a majority conservative country. The problem isn't primarily the electorate. The problem is very few Republicans are Conservatives and far too many of the ones that do claim conservative principles fail to stick to those principles once elected. What we have is a conservative leadership vacuum, not a lack of Conservatives in the electorate.
You couldn't be more wrong.
The fact that Obama has to run his campaign on giving tax cuts to 95% of Americans is one sign. The fact that Obama has to run against deficits and irresponsible spending is another sign. The fact that Obama has to run against wasteful gov't finally indicates conservatism wins.
Yes, he won with the socialists pushing behind him, but Dems always get those people. Obama won because enough conservative people believed his rhetoric and deemed him safe while they were sick of Republican spending.
If the country was not more conservative, why do you think the stimulus bill is losing support as more and more is known about it? Socialists should be proud (and they are defending it). Average Americans, who are conservative, see it as more waste than good.
Conservatives have won the argument, we just haven't implemented it.
A lot of that could have have been overcome if the Party had practiced conservative principles when it was in charge, and if it and its candidate had hit hard on stopping the march to socialism. Sadly, the Party had no credibility when it came to preaching conservative principles. And there couldn’t have been a much worse candidate than McCain. It was 1996 and Bob Dole all over again.
The electorate wasn’t given a choice between liberal and conservative in the last election. The choice was between very liberal and not quite so liberal.