[paudio]

Because that is conservatism, the rest of the people have to balance what compromises they will accept, that is why a lot of the liberal republicans are joining Obama, Palin is too conservative for them and they won’t support her just to maintain their “economic conservatism”

This is where I have problem with: the straight line model where 'real conservative' is on one corner, and the more distance a person from that corner, the less conservative he is. There is no place in this model for various kinds of conservatism. I don't think reality is like that. As I mentioned in my post, Reagan revolution is about his ability in putting them together in one umbrella.

[ansel12]

The Reagan revolution was about conservatism, not the continuation of the old country club republicans.

Reagan was fighting the same elitist republicans that we are now, Herbert walker Bush was his veep pick to placate them.

The economic “conservatives” that are single issue and know that the republican party is their best bet, have to decide if they can accept the rest of our conservatism or if their hatred for flesh and blood conservatives as represented by Sarah Palin is just too much for their sophisticated sensibilities.