Santorum in '08. If White Evangelical Christians win this election for Bush then Guiliani, Pataki, and McCain will not be considered as the frontrunner for the Republican nomination.
Maybe we should start now, flooding Santorum's office with phone calls and email.
That's the first name that popped into my head when I start to think of 08, win or lose today. The downside is that Senators don't have a good track record, a trend that will hopefully continue today. The upside is that he would certainly bring PA with him, and one would think Ohio as locks. He just seems like such a decent, articulate man, who is NOT afraid to proudly proclaim his conservative views, even on topics like abortion. I have always thought that if pro-life repbulicans would be more bold in public discourse and debates about moral issues that they would do so much better than wimping out when the questions come up. I think Bush has done a good job, overall; certainly better than a lot of GOP pols. The next time a GOP candidate is attacked or questioned in a debate about abortion I would like him/her to go on offense and say something like "Look, I believe life is a gift from God, and that nothing trumps it. Every life is precious and deserves the rights that we enjoy. My head and my heart tells me that life begins at conception. If I believe that abortion is the taking of innocent, human life, how in the world could I support it? Would you want a candidate that would abandon what he considers to be LIFE, simply because it's the politically expedient thing to do and because the screams of those being abandoned can't be heard? I know many share my views, and for those that don't I can only hope they won't reject me simply because my standard of the sanctity of life is high. If I'm erring on the side of protecting the innocent, so be it. My consciense is clear."