Jeb Bush?

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

But is Jeb’s race over before it begins? He would be running, after all, to lead a party he seems to disdain, a party that has become so fragmented and pulled to the right that it would rather lose the election than be led by someone as moderate as Jeb Bush. Even W. is considered a liberal in today’s fire-breathing G.O.P.

“I do think we’ve lost our way,” Jeb said in an interview on stage with a Fox News reporter, urging Republicans to move out of Crazy Town: “We need to elect candidates that have a vision that is bigger and broader, and candidates that are organized around winning the election, not making a point.” [...]

Jeb thinks Republicans have lost their way. He may soon learn that a lot of conservatives think they have found their way — and it’s not the joyful, loving, government-can-be-a-force-for-good way. It’s the mean, cruel, gut-the-government way.

-- Maureen Dowd at The New York Times

Comments

[rowsdowerisms.livejournal.com]

Sure. I'm not talking about "I am the model of a conservative," however, but rather "there are certain things that make people conservatives ideologically."

No. You aren't talking about anything. You've yet to identify any one particular certain thing.

This is opposed to the point of view from someone who still thinks the word "conserve" is relevant to conservatism in 2014.

Learning basic reading comprehension and logic would help your case. Pro-tip: Me saying that the fundamental basis for conservatism is primarily aimed at the maintenance of established social orders (commonly known as the 'status quo') is not at all equivalent to saying that conservatism is premised on the 'conserving' of things.
Failing like it is your job.