If the country is moving to the right why did the country elect a Democratic congress in 2006, and the most liberal Democrat president ever in 2008?
The answer is that the Conservative position went largely unstated by the Republican leadership--or when stated, without a proper or effective development of the argument. This is not hindsight, real Conservatives were constantly very very upset with the way that those whom they had elected, performed.
We simply need to stop trusting the office seekers to define the issues, and do a much better job offering reasoned, rather than emotional, arguments to our fellow citizens.
A good place to start is by getting away from simply shouting insults at those one disagrees with, and learn to carefully explain why the position you believe in, really is the valid approach to any particular subject.
There are enough intelligent Conservatives right here, at Free Republic, to turn America around, if we simply use our intelligence, rather than our anger.
We couldn't get a conservative nominee for president in the Republican party. What makes you think we can turn the country around?
Based on the election results the majority of Republicans are not FR style Reaganite conservatives. Some are moderates, a few are libertarians, a much larger group are people who don't like high taxes but don't care about abortion or homosexuality one way or the other, and the remainder are Reagan conservatives and social issues conservatives. Because the more balanced Reagan conservatives (who combine social and fiscal conservatism along with supporting a strong national defense) can't agree with the purely social conservatives they haven't been able to nominate anyone since George W. Bush, and even he was weak on fiscal conservatism.
In congress one thing we need to remember is that there are states where only a moderate or liberal Republican can win. We should not campaign against people like Scott Brown or Olympia Snow if they're the nominee. Sometimes that's the best you can do.
I will grant you one thing, if a strong conservative leader came forward he could move the country to the right the way Reagan did, but that means getting in the arena with a well financed, professional campaign. Complaining and arguing here won't do it.