Recognizing that para-Republican Rudy Giuliani is likely to be the Republican presidential nominee, a group of Evangelicals, including James Dobson and Tony Perkins, are considering the possibility of putting forth a third-party candidate - a real conservative - to fill the vacuum. On the one hand, it’s good to see such folks not selling out their values to support a candidate who might have a shot at beating Hillary Clinton.  On the other hand, this has the prospect of splitting the party because many of us on the right will hold our noses and vote Rudy simply to keep Hillary out of office…but if a strong, real conservative candidate were offered, many of us might jump to that party.  The result?  Splitting the Republican vote and resulting in Hillary winning.  This has happened in the past.  It’s how Woodrow “League of Nations” Wilson got elected, for example.

Solution?  A real, strong, hardcore values-based Republican nominee.  I took this quiz earlier today, asking me 11 questions, and told me which candidate was closest to my position on the major issues of our time.  I was not at all surprised to see Brownback and Tancredo at the top of the list, followed by Thompson.  Rudy was far down the list, and Romney was farther.  Yet the established conservative media, that being the conservative talk radio folks, are pushing Rudy and Romney a lot harder than much truer conservatives like Tancredo and Brownback.  Thompson might actually have a chance, but I could feel really charged about my vote if it was for Brownback or Tancredo.  Try the quiz for yourself! 

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