The Republican party has become anything but conservative. Spending went through the roof the last eight years and big government grew bigger. Shame on the Republican Party for betraying not just the American people, but also for rejecting the ideals of the Founding Fathers. I want a statesman who will worry about how to implement policies that will make the American middle-class prosperous once again, rather than a politician who only worries about what he needs to say and do to remain in office. It seems that the common man no longer matters to the Republican Party. All the neoconservative-dominated Republican Party seems to care about now is the welfare-warfare state. If my leaving the Republican party helped the Democrats gain control, so be it. I'll not compromise my beliefs just to help the Republicans continue the same ole' same ole' that big government has become.