Well, the current Bush crop of conservatives are known as 'neo-cons'. New Conservatives. And they are liberal. They are expanding govt. They are doing everything Clinton tried to do but was not allowed by Gangrich and that group.

The amazing part is, most Republicans are unaware how explosive Bush's liberalism has been. And there are no more checks and balances, since all 3 branches are controlled by the same party, and now they want to do away with the Constitution completely while focusing the public's attention on Iraq and a dead bin Laden.

No, the people in power now do not fit the traditional definition of conservative. Try looking up 'neo-con'. Maybe there has been some writing on that.