Most of the Republican (right.conservative) leaders I respected have now been purged from the party for being certifyably sane. The only ones that jump to mind now on the national stage are Ron Paul and Rand Paul. I may disagree with them on many of their policy ideas, but they are men of principle who are not simply goose=stepping along to the commands of the oilgarchs who now own that party, lock, stock and barrel.
I don’t think conservative any longer fits the GOP. I think the party has lurched so far to the right now that can more accurately be called radical revolutionist. For instance, blocking marriage equality isn’t conservative, small government. It’s big, intrusive government telling you whom you can and can’t love. Tearing down social institutions that we have had in place for 50 to 100 years isn’t conservative, it’s radicalism. Wanting government small enough that it fits in everyone’s bedroom and every woman’s womb isn’t conservative. Conservative means favoring tried-and-tru solutions and preserving existing institutions where possible. Mo0re and more, it is actually Democrats who are voting on the conservative, libertarian side.