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MSNBC's Tim Curry makes some provacative points in this essay.
Conservative Republicans, who have pretty much been cocks of the rock in this decade, are torn about who to support in 2008.
None of the three frontrunners, Rudolph Giuliani, John McCain, or Mitt Romney, are "true" conservatives.
Sam Brownback and Mike Huckabee get black marks for their stance on immigration.
Tom Tancredo's rants on large companies supporting immigration, and Duncan Hunter's inability to get traction leave them out in the cold, as well.
There just isn't a George W. Bush in the bunch--which may be a good thing, considering he didn't even make Time magazine's list of the world's 100 most influential people.
--R.J. Dickens