[tkathy]

Agreed. If Reps think social issues are going to win in 2008, they are wrong. It will be keeping America safe, and a powerhouse leader will be the only one who can beat the dims.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

they are wrong. It will be keeping America safe, and a powerhouse leader will be the only one who can beat the dims.

Wrong. Keeping America safe is a given no matter who's President. Even if Hillary is elected, she's going to have to address terrorism or risk the wrath of Americans.

Economic and energy issues are extremely (no pun intended) important. Guilaini is a big government liberal who'll accomplish zilch when it comes to reforming the tax code or phasing out entitlements.

[middie]

Agreed. Social issues have run their course and will have an ever decreasing effect on national politics and policy formation. The vast majority of the electorate has seen the devisive nature of the polarized social issues that have dominated the GOP's capture by the fanactics on the far right. Fiscal conservatism and attention to the necessity for a foreign policy consistent with globalization have become a far secondary concern since 1994, those critical and major concerns have had their run. For too long the GOP has been the mirror image of the self-destructive forces that savaged the Democratic Party at the turn of the 19th to the 20th Century; it lasted at least 12 years until the Wilson election.

tkathy ''nailed'' the issues that will regain prominence in 2008. The fringe of the party, the Falwells, Robertsons, Bob Jones and the other social zealots will simply have to plead their case to a mainstream leadership. Otherwise, we'll hand over the government to the Dems.

[madprof98]

If Reps think social issues are going to win in 2008, they are wrong.

I believe that's what you (and the other Dem-parroting, pro-abort libertarians) said the last time around. Then they took that little poll and found out that being right on social issues paid off for the Republicans. Do you think people in the heartland have suddenly decided they don't care what God thinks anymore? Dream on!

[HitmanLV]

If Reps think social issues are going to win in 2008, they are wrong.

THE issue in 2008 will be who is best suited for the next thrilling chapter on the War against Islamic Terrorism. The social issues are important, but they complement the national security issue and do not trump it.

This will go double should terrorists score a significant hit against the USA on the homeland bbetween now and election day 2008.

Anybody who doesn't see this just doesn't see.