From the article...If the party again removes the Evangelicals who stayed home in 2000, PLUS some of the other social conservatives, some of the Second Amendment voters, and some of the defend the borders voters, there is no way one can come up with a GOP win in 2008.
That's absolutely correct. And if you don't think Christian Conservatives will stay home rather than vote for a liberal just ask George H.W. Bush what he liked best about his second term.
1. The south will not vote for Hillary or Obama.
2. With all that supposed evangelical help, Bush barely squeeked by in 04.
The middle will more than make up for the evangelicals who sit on their hands at home waiting for the perfect candidate.
The only state in the South which MIGHT not vote for Rudy is Arkansas. He will cream Hillary even if the Temper Tantrum Party gets 2% of the socons. No electoral votes will be changed by whatever trivality the Implacables pose as an alternative to Rudy.