As far as I can see....looks like this is the only hope for conservatives. The other leading republicans have one foot on the left side of the isle and the other on the right and think that’s the only way they can win...not so with Regan and Bush however...
Just to be accurate, and not to (immediately) slam anyone, but anti-abortionism is not synonymous with conservatism, just as "values voters" are not synonymous with "conservatives".
Even as what's-her-name asserts in her column (factually or not), "value voters" will walk from a 100 percent caonservative agenda if they don't get a blood oath on anti-abortionism.
Even though I know I'll get flamed, I might as well state that I believe life begins at conception, and abortion is quite clearly killing of the unborn and innocent. For that reason I oppose it.
But this is an ethical and not a "conservative" issue per se, and that's affirmed by (a) the columnist's assertion that "values voters" aka anti-abortionists handed our government to a cabal of corrupt communists and socialists for their purportedly higher ideal, and (b) the "values voters" aka anti-abortionists would as easily vote for a Socialist, Democrat, Greenie, or any dreamy third-party so long as the blood-oath were included.
I could go on about the immaturity and solipsism of the "value voters" and their single-issue obsession, but I'll simply hope that some day conservatives can rid themselves of this ugly and unwieldy appendage.
By the way you "value voters", under the socialist regime you allowed to gain office in 2006, and under it's enhanced stature post-2008, you will have thrown away much much more of America's heritage and interest than your single issue. The damage you do to America is profound.
And finally, don't count on this conservative Republican of 35 years to EVER vote for an ordained disciple of ANY church or faith for the United States Presidency. That is first and foremost a MINUS, IMO. Your mistakes on this concept have been legion, but the main one is that our government is just that, a government. It is not a spiritual entity for the redemption of souls or of anything spiritual at all.
As for Huck, he has all the bearing and hubris of Jimmy Carter, another great "spiritual" President of our time.
Hint - Huckabee is not a conservative.