Was TR a Conservative?

In the newest issue of the Claremont Review, in a review of Jean Yarborough's Theodore Roosevelt and the American Political Tradition, Ronald Pestritto offers a corrective to those conservatives who look to Teddy Roosevelt as a model for their politics:

Roosevelt is, at least superficially, a much more sympathetic figure than his progressive counterpart, Woodrow Wilson. When he was shot in the chest at the outset of a campaign speech in 1912, T.R. manfully insisted on sticking around to give the entire 90-minute speech before he would seek medical attention. No one would mistake Wilson for such a man, and it is unsurprising that Roosevelt's larger-than-life personality captivated the American mind in a way no other Progressive ever did. He was also known for unapologetically sticking up for American national interest abroad, for attacking what he thought was an out-of-control judiciary, and for a strong dose of moral seriousness—all things that conservatives admire. Yet these relatively superficial points pale in comparison to the fundamentals of Roosevelt's principles and politics: fundamentals that show a deep antipathy to limited government, individual liberty, property rights, the free market, and just about anything else at the heart of the American constitutional order.

Conservatives should instead look to this man.