[ImpBill]

Years ago the word "moderate" and "Republican" were no where near synonymous. These days they they seem to define the Republican part. That is why I am no longer a big "R" Republican, rather a little "r" republican.

Fred Thompson may be the last great hope for the Republic for which I stand!

[Russ]

"Years ago the word "moderate" and "Republican" were no where near synonymous."

How many years ago? The Republican Party has been a coalition of moderates (liberals) and conservatives since the 1800s. From the time of Bob LaFollete and Theodore Roosevelt to the Rockefeller/Scranton wing that broke with Goldwater and up through today we have fought a continuous battle for control of the Republican Party. We have had six Republican presidents since WWII and I would catagorize only one (Reagan) as a true conservative. If you go back and study the history of the Republican Party you will find it to be the party for and of conservatives but it has seldom been The Conservative Party.