There is a difference between conservative and neo-conservative. The party is controlled by the latter, which means the crazy right wing (stone teh gays! marijuana kills 15/15 smokers!) has the support of the lemmings (Fox, Churches, ect.). This means anyone that disagrees with their narrow minded ideals, even if they are a member of the party, is denied any chance to prove themselves wrong.

Free speech doesn't really work with a biased news source. Ron Paul doesn't have a chance to win when his own party is screwing him over because of his 'crazy' traditional conservative ideals.

edit: Oh, funny thing I noticed. Isn't Fred Thompson being included when he only is polling like 3.6% while RP is polling 5-6%?

Whats up with that Fox?