[Richard Kimball]

When Reagan made conservatism popular, many liberals started calling themselves conservatives without changing their underlying beliefs.

Eventually we ended up with a term that was stretched so far it covered everything, and you ended up with "Pro abortion, gun-control, same sex marriage, higher taxes, universal health care conservatives."

As the Tea Party gains momentum, one of the challenges will be to keep politicians and other assorted leeches from using the term to cover a significantly different political belief. That said, you gotta have money to get out the message.

[Reagan Man]

I hear ya and for the most part, I agree.

>>>>>you gotta have money to get out the message.

Money in politics, I'm shocked. [/sarc]