What is a moderate Republican?

[DC Al Fine]

Well this thread has been edifying

[DC Al Fine]

So... What issues are a moderate Republican allowed to be conservative on?

Assuming they aren't a True Leftist, probably fiscal ones. People who are moderate on everything but foreign policy or social issues, tend to get tagged with the "neocon" or "fundie" label.

[DC Al Fine]

Basically. Those who are called "Liberal Republicans" are in fact moderates. Those who are called "Moderate Republicans" are in fact solid conservatives who aren't entirely insane.

You are redefining moderate and liberal to suit your political preferences. A neutral definition relies on common usage in the media or measurable criteria such as the number of members of the opposite party that lie closer than the politician in question to that politician's party's center. As I noted, measurable criteria to label DC politicians have become difficult in this decade since there is little or no overlap of party members.

Tony seems to be defining moderate as "someone who would be moderate in Western European politics", which is fine if he wants to declare everyone to the right of CDU/CSU insane, but of little use if we're actually trying to decide what represents the centrist wing of the party.

[DC Al Fine]

Why most moderate Republicans be "conservative on fiscal issues but liberal on social ones"? 

What about those who are conservative on social issues yet liberal on fiscal ones? 

Traditionally, libertarians have always leaned towards Republicans and Communitarians have always leaned towards Democrats because America places more emphasis on economics.

Those aren't real political ideologies.

So sage brah