It's not surprising - we've been tracking this since Obama was elected. And here we are 10 months into the Age of Obama and all the talk about a "transformative" election where the country took a wild swing to the left last November has all but disappeared.The election of Barack Obama was a political anomaly - a hiccup in an otherwise conservative body politic. The reasons are pretty obvious, beginning with a terrible GOP candidate who ran an abysmal campaign, coupled with the Republicans turning away from conservative principles while being corrupted by power in Washington.Here are the raw numbers from Gallup going back to 1992: Note the decline in the number of conservatives in the latter part of the Bush presidency. That decline correlates with the worst of GOP corruption scandals and a rising budget deficit. It also marks the high point of liberal smears against conservatives, which may have discouraged many from publicly proclaiming their ideology.But...(Read Full Post)