"Encourage free schools and resolve that not one dollar appropriated for their support shall be appropriated to the support of any sectarian schools. Resolve that neither the state nor nation, nor both combined, shall support institutions of learning other than those sufficient to afford every child growing up in the land of opportunity of a good common school education, unmixed with sectarian, pagan, or atheistical dogmas. Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church and the private school supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate."
— -- Ulysses S. Grant, address to the Army of the Tennessee, Des Moines, Iowa, September 25, 1875, from Albert J. Menendez and Edd Doerr, The Great Quotations on Religious Freedom
Look at his record
His record has been quite extremist. In many ways more logical than the current Bush insanity, but always pretty extreme. Ironically he has spent years trying to appear more moderate, now finding he has to come back home to the extreme right to pick up support. But his voting record shows:
consistently anti-choice and anti-women's rights,
consistent support for tax breaks for the wealthy,
largely consisntent anti-first and fourth amendment rights,
mostly loved by John Birch Society, the "Christian" Coalition and "Concerned" Women of America,
anti-alternative energy,
largely anti-union,
low ratings from AARP and DMI,
and an ironically low rating from most Veteran's groups ("D" rating from Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, for example).
He seems more mixed on environmental issues.
By and large his votes line up solidly with the most reactionary of Republicans, though with some exceptions.
You can see how various organizations (left and right) rank his voting record by clicking here.