You seem to be Olasky ignorant, if I may say so.
Compassionate conservatism is not about taking your money. It is about government making room for private efforts for the welfare of the people and cooperating with them.
No it is not. And this article hits it on the head.
We sent the republicans up there because we thought that
What we got, was no significant support on family values and instead of fiscal conservatism, we got mean hearted big business back room politics whose only attempts at cutting government was arbitrary cuts in Medicaid which helps the poorest of the poor, and reducing back bankruptcy protections which had been in place since the founding fathers. Thankfully, at least the Medicaid cuts weren't passed.
Cutting aid to the most needed in society while funding the pork worse than ever is NOT fiscal conservatism. Worse, God tells kings and rulers to consider the cause of the poor and needy, and He strips rule from one king that fails to do so.
Free trade with third world countries that are willing to work for $2 a day with none of the social protections and cost thereof that we enjoy is an out of business strategy. And as long as the short-term corporate profits are rolling in from transfer of technology to China, the Republicans don't seem to care.
It's hard to imagine voting for liberals since I share hardly any social values with them. But based on their recent actions I don't seem to share much with Republicans either.
I agree with Dobson, if we can find candidates that better reflect our values within the Republican party, lets stay and vote for them. But if what we are going to get is what we've had recently, then lets go find a third party.