message strategy

This is getting a bit frustrating.  I was initially attracted to this site because I thought it could be a place to discuss conservative strategy and ideas in a more-or-less safe environment - where I could discuss, e.g., how we could advance the cause of limited government without the shrill calls from the left about wanting to throw grandma out on the street.  But lately it seems this place has been overtaken by a bunch of leftists who, while they aren't exactly trolls, don't seem to have quite the same motives.  I mean, we have In Between who thinks that "tax cuts drained our economy", we have Jim Dandy who thinks Republicans want to "bulldoze public schools" and we have people like NextRightNando and RisingTide who appear to spend extraordinary amounts of time defending every government program, especially the welfare state itself.  It is frankly tiring all the time having to continually repeat "no, tax cuts don't need to be 'paid for', they actually generate more tax revenue for government" and "no, conservatives don't want to throw grandma out onto the street".  If I had wanted these same tired left-right battles I would go to a Usenet discussion forum, not a place labeled "The Next Right".  So I have to ask:

To our liberal interlopers: what is your reasoning for coming here?  Do you wish to instruct us wayward conservatives on the error of our ways?  Because, really, don't bother.  We don't want that kind of 'help'.  Do you want to help forge a new center-right consensus in this country?  Because I think we'd all appreciate the help.  But you have to understand that the consensus that we want to form is center-right, and repeating liberal myths about conservatism isn't going to help in that aspect either.

To my conservative colleagues: Am I just totally off-base here?  Is this place nothing more than a left-right battleground?  Or should we be talking more about advancing the cause itself?  Despite how dispiriting the last election was, I feel like I have more energy now to put towards seeing the conservative cause grow and prosper, but that energy is as yet unchanneled.

Thoughts?

Obama won the primary based on his bottom-up, "yes, we can" message.  As I listened to the speeches at the DNC, including Obama, it struck me that the candidate's message strategy collides with his policy strategy.  People-powered vs. people-controlled.

Republican strategist Alex Castellanos writes:      

Obama empowered his supporters, telling them they, not the old political establishment, could achieve anything. ...

Barack Obama may believe "change doesn't come from the top down, it comes from the bottom up," but the leadership of his party doesn't. The national Democratic establishment, from the Daily Kos and MoveOn.org to Pelosi and Reid in Congress, still believe in top-down big-government from Washington, especially if they get to run the factory. ...

They believe the era of big government is back, not over. They would keep money and power in their hands, not devolve it to the average American. 

The liberals need to stop the insanity.  They love to claim the "power to the people" mantle.  How does more government control and regulation put the power back in the hands of the people?

When you were a kid and your Mom or Dad gave you $10 to take to the mall, did you feel empowered?  How about when you set up a lemonade stand and made $5?  And what about when your Mom or Dad took $2 from your lemonade stand profits, and $3 from what they gave you for the mall, and handed them to your brother? Then, they said you must pay them more before you set up your lemonade stand the next day.  

I would feel like giving up at that point! 

Before Obama and the Left "establishment" goes around touting their belief in people power, let's clarify their definition of people power.  For me, it certainly doesn't mean more government control.