What makes you think the RNC is conservative? It is currently headed by Mel Martinez - an enabler of criminals and a social re-engineer extraordinaire.
Your comparison is invalid.
I stand by my comparison. An organization gets a lot of money to do something that private citizens are doing better and more faithfully.
Feel free to dispute me, but I don't want to distract the thread from the admiration of Laura and her work. Let's at least agree on that.