if taylor is more conservative than ford jr. then he really should be (r-ms)
Gene Taylor may well be the most conservative House Democrat of them all but he's more of a social conservative. He's not economically conservative, though, undoubtedly, to the right of most Democrats, so no he shouldn't be a Republican at all. He's a Blue Dog Democrat
Seemingly, I'd have been more socially conservative than Taylor, in 2006, though more economically liberal (not as liberal as most Democrats however)
I'd be a populist Democrat with a strong hawkish streak for which I make no apologies even if the Democratic Party has tested my loyalities from time to time
Dave
Taylor is more conservative than a good number of the Republicans in the house. This is Mississippi however.