Conservatives, Stand Up To Be Counted

Here is an article that takes a quick and non-comprehensive look at Conservatism vs. Republiacnism. The article notes that conservatism is an idea while the Republicans are a party.

I'm a bit sad that it focused mostly on the expansion of executive powers, the only matter in recent memory where the houses of congress have given anything short of a rubber stamp to Bush. But since that's about all there is to mention I guess I can't complain too much.

I would be interested in articles related to how well the current government, which is definitely Republican, is being conservative. Likewise, I'd like to know how the Democrats are doing being liberal.