These are staggering figures when you consider that the Left currently dominates the Executive Branch of the US Government, both Houses of the United States Congress, the federal bureaucracy, huge swathes of local government in many big cities, academia, the public school system, and most of the establishment broadcast and print media in America. The figures show there is a huge disconnect between the American public and those who wield much of the political power in the country.

Read the whole awesome thing: Barack Obama has failed to defeat conservatism in America – Telegraph Blogs.

What is awesome about this?  It means that conservatives don’t gravitate toward plunder and power or even pulpits.  There are two visible minorities: a) those who want to use conservative votes for their own power, and b) those who want power so that it isn’t used against them anymore (these are not mutually exclusive categories).

But in general, Conservatives work for a living and live at peace.  It would be awesome to see this translated more faithfully in rhetoric about foreign affairs.  But it is still a great virtue and gives us hope for future consistency.