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I was at the Minnesota State Fair all day today, resigned, but not too disappointed, at the prospect of hearing that Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty had been named the Republican Vice Presidential candidate to run with John McCain. A blue collar, environmentally-friendly guy, pro-life, not red meat for the base, but enough (maybe) to soothe them will extending a tepid hand to blue collar voters in the industrial Midwest and Rust Belt. Imagine my surprise, when, after wandering around the fair for most of the morning, and eyeing the cheese curds, I chanced by the Minnesota State Republican Party building...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- During the latest Republican presidential debate on Monday night, there weren't many fireworks over abortion or bioethics issues. Instead, there appeared to be a consensus that some of the GOP candidates will only support a pro-life nominee and want the person who represents the party to oppose abortion. Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas said he would support the nominee because he has no doubt it will be someone who is pro-life, which excludes pro-abortion ex-mayor Rudy Giuliani. "I believe that the person that's going to lead the party will be somebody that is pro-growth and pro-life,"...

Sen. John McCain, who once called two top evangelical leaders "evil," commended Christian conservatives on Sunday for their political activism, adding that their critics were wrong to complain that the religious right has too much political influence on the GOP. "Religious conservatives have every right to affect the policies and programs of candidates of our party," McCain told ABC's "This Week." "They have every right - and I respect it." The possible 2008 presidential contender chastised critics of Christian leaders like Rev. Pat Robertson and Rev. Jerry Falwell, saying they should stop complaining. "To my friends who say there's too...

The race for 2008 is already underway on the Republican side, you just have to know what to look for.NOT SINCE 1952 has a presidential election lacked a sitting president or vice president as a contestant, and Ike was about as close as one could get to non-official incumbent. Before that, it was the 1928 race, and there, too, Herbert Hoover was, like Ike, a figure of towering popularity. In other words, there has never not been a front-runner in at least one party in the modern scrambles for the presidency. Here is a bit of evidence that the race...