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Let's see, hmmmm, who stands to gain the most from a Third Party Candidate in '08?

America?

[M203M4]

Depending on who is nominated, that may well be true (in fact, it is looking that way so far). If the RLC wing continues to get the shaft, and if religious conservatives continue to get largely lip service, the threats answered by the WOT will pale in comparison to what will slowly be wrought from rot within. America would indeed be well served by adopting the platforms of the LP and CP.

However, at the fore of some minds is the idea that it is foolish to worry about your terminal cancer when an evil SOB has a gun pointed at your head. The great political danger is that conservatives will be faced with voting for a candidate who parlays that fear into a license to ignore or even exacerbate the cancer - especially when facing off against a candidate on the other side of the aisle who wants us to pretend that the evil SOB is not even there, and that cancer is good for us.