Is there a conservative candidate for 2016?

[Greg.]

Is there a candidate like George W. Bush or Ronald Reagan with odds to win the election?

 

[TeleKat]

Well, no not really. "Conservative" is more of a political buzzword than anything else now. Some would say "true" conservatism lies with Goldwater. Others say you have to be a far-right theocrat or else you are a RINO. Some would say Reagan is a "true" conservative while others say he is a moderate. Many just attach the conservative label to anyone with an "R" next to their name.

Depends on who you talk to. :shrug:

 

[shrubnose]

Well, no not really.

"Conservative" is more of a political buzzword than anything else now. Some would say "true" conservatism lies with Goldwater. Others say you have to be a far-right theocrat or else you are a RINO. Some would say Reagan is a "true" conservative while others say he is a moderate. Many just attach the conservative label to anyone with an "R" next to their name.

Depends on who you talk to. :shrug:

I totally agree.

If there's a GOP winner out there that person is keeping a very low profile.

If someone would pop up, put an end to Ebola, and eliminate ISIS, that person might win in 2016 :roll:

I don't believe that's going to happen.

 

[Greg.]

Well, no not really. "Conservative" is more of a political buzzword than anything else now. Some would say "true" conservatism lies with Goldwater. Others say you have to be a far-right theocrat or else you are a RINO. Some would say Reagan is a "true" conservative while others say he is a moderate. Many just attach the conservative label to anyone with an "R" next to their name.

Depends on who you talk to. :shrug:

I think Ronald Reagan is one of the most conservative Presidents ever, many people think so.

 

[iguanaman]

I think Ronald Reagan is one of the most conservative Presidents ever, many people think so.

So "Conservative" does not include spending conservatively? It is really getting confusing as to what Conservative means. Do you have to own a ranch?

 

[Mizuho]

I think Ronald Reagan is one of the most conservative Presidents ever, many people think so.

Yet if you look at his actual policies, he would hardly be considered a republican today. The standard for conservatism today has moved so far right, Reagan would not be considered a conservative today. That's probably also the reason you won't find any "conservative" with a chance in hell of winning in 2016.

 

[shrubnose]

I think Ronald Reagan is one of the most conservative Presidents ever, many people think so.

Maybe the GOP should dig him up,zombify him, and run him in 2016, eh?

I'd like to see him debate Hillary Clinton. That would be a sellout and a SRO event.

 

[beefheart]

Well, no not really. "Conservative" is more of a political buzzword than anything else now. Some would say "true" conservatism lies with Goldwater. Others say you have to be a far-right theocrat or else you are a RINO. Some would say Reagan is a "true" conservative while others say he is a moderate. Many just attach the conservative label to anyone with an "R" next to their name.

Depends on who you talk to. :shrug:

Goldwater was a great man, and he had nothing but disdain for the religious right, he would never be elected today.

 

[Linc]

Especially his amnesty and 400+ billion deficits that began the $18 Trillion total accumulated debt--
real conservative by today's con standards huh?

Though I will say his blatant race-baiting is what connies stand for today.

Too bad dems felt so sorry for him and didn't throw his ass in jail for Iran/Contra.

And just imagine if we had a Beirut happen today ?

I think Ronald Reagan is one of the most conservative Presidents ever, many people think so.

 

[Crovax]

I think Ronald Reagan is one of the most conservative Presidents ever, many people think so.

Conservative how? From a social standpoint he opened the floodgates for abortion, ushered in the era of no fault divorce, championed gay rights with Harvey Milk, and lobbied the final few votes to pass the AWB. From a fiscal stand point he expanded the role and spending of the federal govt.

 

[Thom Paine]

Goldwater was a great man, and he had nothing but disdain for the religious right, he would never be elected today.

He might be elected today. The religious far right is a small but very vocal community; and he could easily draw moderates and some liberals of today....

G'mornin' B

Thom Paine

 

[Thom Paine]

I think Ronald Reagan is one of the most conservative Presidents ever, many people think so.

Historically Reagan was a moderate pol. or he would not have been elected. I don't recall 'far right' ever being elected to the Presidency.

G'mornin' G

Thom Paine

 

[code1211]

Is there a candidate like George W. Bush or Ronald Reagan with odds to win the election?

How do you define a Conservative?

 

[TeleKat]

I think Ronald Reagan is one of the most conservative Presidents ever, many people think so.

So can I suppose that conservatives are now for gun control, amnesty, high spending, and secularism in government?

 

[Dragonfly]

Wait, so by the op's definition, Obama is a conservative????

Wow....I never knew that.

 

[code1211]

So "Conservative" does not include spending conservatively? It is really getting confusing as to what Conservative means. Do you have to own a ranch?

Review your Constitution. The President recommends. The Congress spends. That is why spending has been reduced in the last few years.

What Reagan was trying to do with his policies as listed below:

Ronald Reagan on Budget & Economy

In 1981, newly elected President Reagan abandoned long-fashionable Keynesian economic policies--the interventionist, big-government, "stimulus" approach that had produced these dismal results. Instead, he explicitly campaigned on, and then implemented, four specific economic policy components that became known as Reaganomics:

1. Tax cuts to restore incentives for economic growth. The top income tax rate of 70 percent was cut leaving just two rates--28 percent and 15 percent.
2. Spending reductions, including a $31 billion cut in 1981. This was close to 5 percent of the federal budget then, or the equivalent of about $180 billion of spending cuts in year nowadays.
3. Anti-inflation monetary policy emphasizing the value of the dollar and restraining money supply growth, which led to much lower interest rates once inflation was tamed.
4. Deregulation, cutting red tape, and reducing bureaucracy saved consumers an estimated $100 billion per year in lower prices.

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[Greg.]

Another example for "conservative" is George W. Bush, he spends a lot of money to the defensive.