Hardly. All of the candidates have their issues and some of them are core conservatives. Romney pretends to be a core conservative, but he is, in fact, a core liberal and a good actor.
Gov. Palin raised taxes. Are those core principles?
In the case of the "Big Oil" Companies (i.e., international corporations) YES.
She negotiated a royalty based on the profits that the oil companies drew from the oil they pulled out of the Alaskan State Property. That is not only a core conservative principle, but a shrewed capitalistic move. To do any less would have been to violate her oath of office and her fiduciary duty as the Chief Executive for the State and People of Alaska.
I suppose you would have preferred the prior situation where the State of Alaska was basically giving the oil away to these oil companies at a bargain basement price in exchange for hefty campaign contributions?
I'll betcha that Sarah Palin didn't get any campaign contributions from Exxon after she took them to the woodshed.
So you’re in favor of raising taxes on “Big Oil” because they’re multi-national corporations.
Sounds like a “punish the rich” and redistribute their wealth to people who didn’t earn it.
-George