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I don't think RKBA is a social issue -- I'm a small government conservative with little interest in seeing the federal government meddle in social concerns, yet Constitutional issues such as the Second Amendment are central to me.

The problem is, social conservatives are a fair-sized segment, and small-government/fiscal conservatives are a fair-sized segment, but the two are often in opposition. Would it be possible to find common ground by electing a fiscally conservative president who would send social issues to the state level? Yes, that would preclude passing social conservative bills on the federal level, but it would also mean that federal-level liberal mandates would (inlcuding Roe) would be opposed. I'm interested in your thoughts.

I am not quite sure I follow you, but you are correct on one point. There is a considerable amount of head-butting going on in the GOP between the United States Chamber of Commerce and the Social Conservatives. The USCC has the cash, but the votes still lie with the people. Again, failure to energize the base will doom the GOP. I thought they learned their lesson in 06, guess not. Me thinks we are headed for Madam Hillary because the GOP has a serious case of "Cranium up the Rectus".

Just a note; the far left is not happy with Hitllary and the Right is not happy with Rudy. The 08 Presidential elections will be won or lost in the primaries.