conservative wing

Jon Lindberg of the Main Street Journal breaks down the Republican primary in the Seventh Congressional District:

So the question remains – is Blackburn a “rising star” among House leadership, or is she simply a Congressional foot solider – part of the conservative wing of the Republican Party?

A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so
many others her age, she considered herself to be a liberal/moderate, or new
progressive - in the tradition of classic socialism - and was very much
in favor of a "Progressive" income tax for the redistribution of wealth.

She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch supporter
of the conservative wing of the Republican party, a feeling she openly expressed.

Based on the lectu

Hi Rod!
Although I disagree with you on some of your specific positions, I do agree that your views are conservative in the William F. Buckley tradition and, that at this point, you are a man without a party.I'd say you're still a conservative, but the GOP has no real conservative wing.
Greg

Rod,
You are right, the political spectrum has shifted beneath our feet. The Marxists/socialists have infected the Dems and dragged them way over to the left, if you were in the cent

"Hillary Clinton has taken on more personas in her public life than Sybil." -- Sharon Cobb

Sharon, an Obama supporter, goes on to chastise the Clintons for dragging race into the primary campaign:

I haven't heard or read about any Barack Obama supporters touting similar rhetoric about being racist if you don't like him or don't vote for him. In fact, the only person to put

In today’s political climate, I find myself unable to identify with the “conservative” wing of the Republican Party. What passes for conservative is a collection of neoconservative foreign policy adventurers, holy rollers, and right wing populist who advocate the politics of resentment and envy.

Say Uncle cannot believe all the bloggers out there writing the obituary of conservatism inside the Republican Party. He thought you knew:

Tommy Oliver commends Fred for the role he played in the Presidential Race even if he wasn’t quite ready for the rigors of a campaign:

“Naifeh Republican” Representative Doug Overbey is taking what appears to a historic step by taking on an incumbent Senator of his own party.