And, theeeeeerrrrre OFF and coming out of the gate is “You’re not a real Christian” followed closely by “You supported illegal immigration” and “This is your third wife you cheating bastard” and coming up on their heels is “You sold out the party for campaign finance reform” chased by “How did you like my position on comprehensive immigration reform?” and round the first bend we have  ”You allowed for homosexual marriages” closely pursued by “Look at your liberal judge appointments”…

 One thing is clear- ‘Houston, we have a problem.’ Well, maybe not a problem after all. Perhaps there is a fix surfacing.

“Is there an Elephant in this room? Anyone? Anyone? Beuller?”

 What we Conservatives are seeing played out on the national stage is what we felt in our heart to be true from the beginning. Even if you could not quite put your finger on it, that uneasy feeling has been there for all of us: There IS no truly excellent Conservative candidate that does not have some kind of (real or perceived) weakness in their “armor”, so to speak.

When it comes to being the ‘complete package’… which is something that most of us Conservatives like, we clearly have a problem.

 And how do we know this?

 Well, quite honestly, one indication of this is that the candidates are spending too much time attacking each other, instead of the ideology of the other side. Us Conservatives have known for a long time that if our pool of candidates are weak enough that they can tear each other apart, well, of course even town fools like liberals could find the same weaknesses.

 We might be at a point where this kind of “quiet weakness” would cause even Evangelicals to put aside some of their feelings about abortion, or Mormons, or Gay marriage.  And then again, we might not be at that point.

(Editors note: We are not saying that Mormons are not Christians. We are suggesting that some Evangelicals have problems with accepting them as Christians.) 

 In some ways, how successful “weak” conservative opponents can be against the top two current liberals really depends on how ugly and dangerous our eventual ‘opponent’ seems to appear. But on the other hand, do we really want to risk losing to the Democrats because we have people either voting or not voting dependent on apathy towards candidates positions on core issues?

 Clearly, Hillary will bring out the conservatives in droves even if they had to vote for Romney or Giuliani. But I am not convinced that we do not have a serious weakness imposed upon us by our “less than solid” conservative candidates. We might in fact lose the election due to a kind of “cut off your nose” spite, due to apathy of the truly socially conservative.

 And, what about if ‘Obama Bin Unpatriotic’ becomes their front runner? I feel we lose in a landslide if we put up “compromised” conservative candidates against someone like Obama.

 My point, however, is that the issue that few seem to be speaking of is the fact we actually have a larger pool of  ”incomplete conservative” candidates that fit the traditional mold than we ever have before. 

 Speaking only of the top tier - McCain has betrayed us on issues before (Campaign Finance Reform and the recent Immigration bills, to name just two); Romney, while a very decent man, is just flat out not going to get all of the far right out, due to being Mormon; and Giuliani is flat out nothing more than a face down card that the dealer holds in blackjack… when it comes to abortion, immigration, and homosexual marriage issues, what stances he ultimately takes is unknown. What kind of judges he might appoint is really unknown.

“Does he have the face card to go with the Ace? Or is he bust? Can we risk it?”

 You CLEARLY have to win both the moderate conservatives, and the more traditional conservatives, if you want to win in the next election. Otherwise the vote will be divided enough, and turnout poor enough, for the likes of George Soros liberals to win the White House.

 So, again, I must concede that we have no truly solid Conservative in this race that can win not only the hearts and minds of our party, but also of the moderate Conservatives in this Country. 

 Excepting one. Mike Huckabee.

 Why?

 Mainstream Christian, conservative values and principles, likable, capable of humor (even at his own expense), direct, capable… and I think he is actually still on his first wife. 

I personally felt one thing when I first saw Huckabee in a debate: Genuine.

 Being genuine speaks to the hearts of Conservatives. Being humble goes a long way as well. I personally don’t feel McCain, Giuliani, or Romney are both genuine and humble to a high enough degree to satisfy that inner barometer that Conservatives possess. 

I would suggest to people that they take a very good, long look at Huckabee.

 It is clear that many in this Country are slowly seeing this as well. This is evidenced by his polling numbers. So take a good look.