For my money Palin, the Bushes, Romney, and McCain are all big government conservatives/moderates. All of them are much better than Marxist Obama, but they are still proponents of big government, even Palin (just look at her record in Alaska). I doubt that a true small government conservative can be elected, but it would be nice (even if he were a social liberal). For now, I’m thinking John Thune may be the best we can hope for, and he is a real longshot.
Not to get into a Palin debate here, but us Alaskans were darn pleased with that lady as our governor.