What does conservatism mean to you?  With all of the talking that J. McCain is not consrvative enough and M. Huckabee is too conservative, where is the middle ground or do we even have a middle ground?  Does being conservative mean being afraid of change and is change even a possibility through the election of a president?  I've come to the realization that i am talking to Democrats, Repulicans, Independents and others so i would also ask the question are we capable of uniting with compromise?  This is my first presidential election that i will be able to vote in and i'm beginning to think that it really doesn't matter who becomes president, of course i have my reservations on the democratic side and would prefer to see a republican elected due to moral considerations, but what kind of a difference will it make regardless, what is your opinion? can you shed light as to truly why it matters?