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• n  a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas
• n  a member of a Conservative Party
• a  resistant to change
• s  having social or political views favoring conservatism
• s  avoiding excess
  a conservative estimate
• s  unimaginatively conventional
• s  conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class

• conservativist
• Conservative
• cautious
• button-down
• buttoned-down
• bourgeois
• materialistic

• liberal

News & Articles

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• Conservative groups release prosperity blueprint
  ATLANTA - A handful of conservative groups released what they call a blueprint for prosperity Wednesday at the Capitol. The blueprint argues for reduced government spending, greater school choice and raising the sales tax to allow for a lower income tax.
  June 13, 2013 - Athens Banner-Herald
• Conservative activists oppose Snyder's re-election
  Conservative activists oppose Snyder's re-election A group of tea party and conservative activists said Tuesday that they would oppose Republican Gov. Rick Snyder's expected re-election bid because he has pushed to expand Medicaid coverage to nearly a half-million adults in Michigan. AP Wire Lansing Jun 12, 2013 googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("dfp-ad-ght300x250"); }); "It is ...
  June 12, 2013 - Grand Haven Tribune
• Conservative think tank AEI endorses Furman
  WASHINGTON, June 11 (UPI) -- Economists from a conservative think tank in Washington said they endorsed Jason Furman's nomination to lead the White House Council of Economic Advisers.
  June 11, 2013 - UPI

Quotes

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• President Bush in Sydney Morning Herald
  I think that if John is the nominee,Bush said on Sunday on Fox News, "he's got some convincing to do to convince people he is a solid conservative. And I'll be glad to help him if he's the nominee, because he is a conservative."
• Charles Schumer in Forbes
  While he is certainly conservative, Judge Mukasey seems to be the kind of nominee who would put rule of law first and show independence from the White House, our most important criteria,Schumer said Sunday. "He's a lot better than some of...
• John McCain in Wall Street Journal
  Our message will be that we all share common conservative principles and we should coalesce around those issues that we are in agreement, and hopefully respectfully disagree on the few issues we have disagreements on,McCain said today.