[rottndog]

Isn't that just like a conservative, to be always looking to the past to make sense of the present?

Yeah, it's called remembering history so as not to repeat it. Conservatives need to remember that when they govern as conservatives, they win. When they try to govern like big-government liberal democrats, they lose.

[RKV]

Woof, is right. To hell with compassionate conservativism. To be compassionate for someone else, you have to take the money from my wallet. How about mean old conservatism for a change? The kind where people are treated like adults and are responsible for their actions? The kind of conservatism where good intentions mean squat. Conservatism which protects liberty and not big government. That's what we have to offer and it's not the same as statist paternalism (i.e. socialism) that the RATs are selling. Grrrr!!!!!!

[kjo]

Exactly. Where the GOP went wrong was in trying to out-happy the Democratic party. It can't be done without losing your sense of self-identity.