[cripplecreek]

we could be talking about ANY of the last batch of GOP contenders.

Actually we had a couple of great candidates. The American Idle voters chose style, name recognition and electability over principle. The net result is that we've ended up with name recognition alone and it won't be enough.

[Eagles6]

"There are only two possible causes for this, either there are not enough true conservatives to keep them afloat, or else the true conservatives are not all voting."

I disagree. The Republican candidate has been all but been chosen and I haven't voted yet. Duncan Hunter and Fred Thompson were forced to drop out after not doing well in a few liberal states and those with open primaries. It's our primary system that needs fixin' and the way to do that is to withold the cash.