I think you hit the nail on the head, Reg.  The current group of "conservatives" have re-defined the term to apply to themselves where in reality they have been anything but conservative.  They've been radical, in fact. 

Yesterday, I was driving back from a meeting in the afternoon and came across Hannity's show.  Like a fly drawn to cowdung, I had to keep listening.  It was unintentionally hilarious to hear him railing against bias in the media while every third sentence was imploring people to support Romney over McCain. 

Obama winning many Southern states was also interesting, as is his support from educated whites.  He needs to win some bigger states, and it will be very telling to see how he does in Texas even though he'll clearly not get electoral college votes in a general election from here. 

Huckabee's support shows the current power of the Christian right in the South, but I believe they ought not get too confident.  I think their power has already peaked, and in subsequent years we will see slow fade from them, especially as the memory of 9/11 continues to recede. 

For my part, I think I would vote for McCain over Hillary, but Obama over McCain . . . recognizing that Obama is a bit of a roll of the dice.  A Democrat president with Republicans controlling at least one house of congress would be my preferred state of affairs at this time.  Let the President be Head-PR-in-chief and let the real fiscal conservatives act as a check on his/her power. 

It seems clear to me that having either party hold both the presidency and majorities in Congress is a recipe for disaster.