McCain wants the Republican Party to be a party of reform, not just conservatism.

CNN: White House race drama continues despite tight script

Shultz conservatism is not dour, budget-balancing conservatism.

WSJ: The Weekend Interview with George Shultz: Memo to Romney��Expand the Pie

In Mississippi, a proposal to declare that an embryo is a person in law from the moment of fertilization did not win - a defeat for social conservatism (though of course not all social conservatives are Republican).

BBC: Elections help Obama. A bit.