Very much agree with eveything you wrote. I am very upset and tired of Congress's Republican leadership and their idea that they can compromise. To late for that. Not to be vulgar but Republicans have "no balls" when it comes to fight at ALL cost for Republican values. So now you have a Socialist President who refuses to tell the truth and WILL NOT negotiate anything with Republicans.
Just as moderates are completely unrepresented in a Democratic Party that's dominated by liberals, movement conservatives often don't feel represented by the Republican Party. At first glance, this seems rather odd since most Republicans in Congress are conservative. However, it's a natural reaction to the Republican establishment that has its hands welded to many of the GOP's levers of power. The Republican Party may be mostly conservative, but there are a multitude of reasons that you can't trust the establishment Republicans as far as you can throw them.
1) They have supreme confidence without supreme competence. Conservative talk show hosts, columnists,...












I think the reason the the GOP will not fight for "Republican values" is that they do not hold them. As the article points out, they lie to get into office, but immediately turn to the left when they get elected.