sorry, have yet to see the problem with conservatism... Maybe conservatismis just what we need... God knows we haven't seen it in decades...

mark my words, the citizens of the united states, before long, will be distancing themselves from obama too, just like the republicans finally did with bush. same game different name.

exactly, christian conservative = social conservative. the religious right that has taken over the republican party and the reason I re-registered independent 6 months after I first registered to vote.

I'm a true fiscal conservative. Those like me never supported all the irresponsible spending (Not so much the Iraq war but everything else as well). The Republicans need to realize where the roots of their party lie and keep personal religious beliefs out of it. The two party system was founded around economic principles, not social. That did not develop until this century. If republicans can go toward their fiscally conservative roots, the democrats will never win the presidency again.

Of course, to stick to fiscal roots and ignore the social part requires acceptance of homosexuality and other key winners for the democrats - and that will never happen.

Christian Democrat here.