Conservative of the Year 2012

Accepting nominations:

Tentative Rank	Name	Achievements	Comments
	Governor Scott Walker	took on and triumphed over liberals in Wisconsin, including signing new pro-life legislation into law, rejecting the ObamaCare health insurance exchanges, and curbing Leftist early voting.	why can't more Republican governors be like Walker?
	Ron Paul	gained support, particularly among young people, for his conservative ideas, from auditing the Federal Reserve to reducing foreign interventionalism	If Romney had welcomed Paul rather than shun him, Romney may have won
	Rep. Paul Ryan	excellent Vice Presidential candidate; spokesman for fiscal conservatives in Congress	Did more for the Republican brand than anyone else in 2012
	Dan Cathy	CEO of Chick-Fil-A; He stood strong in defense of God's laws as a campaign of liberal hate made him nationwide news.	Set franchise sales records as the chain was rewarded by the public
	Greg Abbott	Attorney General of Texas who repeatedly rejected the pro-abortion and other liberal policies of the Obama Administration, leading as many as 16 lawsuits against Obama's unjustified policies	has overcome a personal disability that confines him to a wheelchair
	Dinesh D'Souza	His film 2016: Obama's America became the second-highest box office success for a documentary in history.	His documentary relied exclusively on using Obama's own words, the liberal media ignoring the film's existence couldn't stop its success.
	Todd Akin	stood up to media bullying and remained a strong prolife advocate despite the demands by pro-aborts for him to cave in.	set a high standard for principles in politics, and exposed the RINO Backers in the process.

See also

• Conservative of the Year 2011
• Conservative of the Year 2010
• Conservatives of the Decade, 2009
• Essay:Conservatives of the Decade