Democratic Underground - New York Times: Christian Right Labors to Find ’08 Candidate

Good news. There is no one amongst the Republican front runners who hates enough to satisfy the blood lust of leaders like Falwell, Robertson, and James Dobson. How surprising, there's some pretty hateful stuff on the table with the current Republican block. But I'm not here to criticize their choices, just to rejoice at the "Good News" - THEY MAY SIT OUT 2008!!!

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Christian Right Labors to Find ’08 Candidate

25 Feb 2007 LINK

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 — A group of influential Christian conservatives and their allies emerged from a private meeting at a Florida resort this month dissatisfied with the Republican presidential field and uncertain where to turn.

For eight years and four elections, President Bush forged a singular alliance with Christian conservatives — including dispatching administration officials and even cabinet members to address council meetings — that put them at the center of the Republican Party.

But in the aftermath of the stinging defeats in the midterm elections, and with discontent over the Iraq war weighing heavily on the public, some Christian conservatives worry that they may find themselves on the sidelines of the presidential race.

The conservative concern may also be an ominous sign for the Republican Party about the morale of a core element of its political base. Conservatives warn that the 2008 election could shape up like 1996, when conservatives faced a lesser-of-two evils choice between a Republican they distrusted, former Senator Bob Dole, and a Democrat they disdained, President Bill Clinton. Dr. Dobson of Focus on the Family later said in a speech to the council that he voted for a conservative third-party candidate that year rather than pull a lever for Mr. Dole.[/div

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