The Republican To Unite And Win

Rudolf Giuliani can only win the Republican nomination if social conservative leaders remain divided and enough other candidates stay in the contest. He wins a plurality in polling among 8 candidates, but he will never win a majority among 2 or 3. Giuliani wants…Giuliani needs to have a lot of other candidates in the race. He relies on a profile of media celebrity and division of the great part of the vote that is not his. Plainly, social conservatives don’t want Giuliani to be the nominee. And, I am one that you can count on not to participate in The Republican Party’s abandonment of America’s first and most fundamental principle: the inalienable right to life. The most nefarious crime is not the abortion perpetrators. It is a society that assimilates the idea that any notion of personal convenience trumps the respect of human life, even our own offspring! That is a civilization in certain demise.

Mitt Romney has invested a considerable fortune into the campaign already, and he will invest more, more quickly even than he will tack on his issues positions, including a fierce attack on anyone other than himself whom social conservatives unite behind. So, if they unite behind someone else, they’d better be certain that person has enough money to defend himself against those inevitable attacks. I don’t believe social conservatives want to see a Romney nomination, either.

Fred Thompson is a lawyer and a lobbyist. He is not a dim man. But, he is not in possession of a clear blueprint of what is moral and proper for American government. If he lacks passion it’s because he lacks the clarity of conviction to drive assert it. He is unpredictable because he has no clear philosophy. Like McCain, he was a big booster for the so-called “campaign finance reform that has made a hash of The Republican campaign, today. Thompson and McCain meant well. They just didn’t have a clear picture of what had to be defended. Thompson and Romney are the vague conservatives that are embraced not out of conviction and passion, but out of a spirit of fear.

2 Timothy 1:7 (New King James Version)

7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

John McCain is out of money and in the wilderness in Iowa, not to mention the ambiguity of principle that he shares with Thompson and which repeatedly rears its head with him. He doesn’t understand the full implications of the 1^st Amendment, and like Bush before him, despite his pro-life confession, he would accomplish nothing either in policy or rhetoric to restore the American respect for the sanctity of life. It’s not his fault! Yes, of course he’s a hero and I love the resolve with which he says, “I’d rather lose a war than a campaign…” But relative to American principle and The Constitution, he doesn’t get it! That’s not particularly unique, these days: after so many years in Washington, perhaps he’s gone native. He has a good heart and has run his course loyally. It’s time to put him out to pasture.

I’ll mention Duncan Hunter and Tom Tancredo. They are good men who haven’t a broad enough focus or an appealing enough style. Sam Brownback finally ended his campaign. They will, too and, for the sake of essential American principle and the integrity of The Republican nominee, the sooner, the better.

Ron Paul isn’t going anywhere and neither is his 5-10% of followers…forward or backward.

Mike Huckabee is closing on Mitt Romney in Iowa and has always been on a rising curve in national polling. He’s clear on American values. He’s clear on the 10^th Amendment separation and propriety of powers. He’s clear that defense and security are the first responsibility of the federal government and the president. And, he’s clear on and attentive to the legitimate concerns of most American citizens. He may well be the target of that inevitable Romney attack…and be certain that he has the money to defend himself!