Here is Tony Blankley's latest column. I'm still hopeful that President Obama has conservative instincts. Only time will tell. Wouldn't it be something if, while in office, he had a conservative conversion, as I did a few years ago? I was 46 when I realized that I was a conservative. (It was about the time I started blogging, in November 2003.) Obama is 47. Don't laugh. I was at least as progressive as many people believe Obama is.