An excellent monologue by Rush Limbaugh on the status of Conservatism. He discusses some of the recent things Newt Gingrich and other Conservatives have been saying about the "End of the Reagan Era." I am personally astounded that Gingrich has come out and basically agreed with Mike Huckabee that the Republican party needs to remake itself and put aside Reagan Conservatism.

Gingrich led a Republican Congressional victory by being an overt and unapologetic Reagan Conservative. Why would he feel the need to suddenly remake the Republican party when the time he led the party based on Conservative principles the party won an astounding victory and led to some solid reforms of the Federal government.

The remake of the Republican party needs to be quit spending like Liberals and get back to the core Conservative principles of small government. Moving the Republican party to a "Populist/Finger in the wind" type mentality accomplishes nothing in terms of promoting those principles which have defined Conservatism and the Republican party from 1980 up until a few years ago.

It is really scary that a hero of the Conservative movement, who has benefitted greatly from the principles of Conservatism, would essentially agree with the Populist tone of a Mike Huckabee or a John McCain. It will be the end of the Rpeublican party if Huckabee is the nominee. Yes, he'd draw the social conservatives probably in record numbers, but he would leave the fiscal conservatives and the national security conservatives looking around for a candidate to vote for.

A Huckabee or McCain nomination quite possibly would be the death knell of the Conservative coaliton. I'm a member of all three parts of the Conservative base and like some of the things Huckabee and McCain have talked about, and I could probably hold my nose and vote for McCain, but I cannot vote for someone who wants to remake the Republican party in the image of populism, no matter how strong his social conservative credentials may be.