Yeah, I used to think, "Oh, the Bush crew is just a bunch of stupid, greedy neocons. They're not real conservatives." I've now accepted that they are true conservatives - the limited government, non-interventionist bit has been a sham for decades. I see nothing, absolutely NOTHING, in the Republican party to challenge that. In fact, Reagan was the fist Republican to effectively harness the power of the Religious Right.
Barry Goldwater is spinning in his grave so fast that we could solve the energy crisis by sticking him into a turbine.