[Wallace T.]

You are correct with the effect of third parties on the electorate. The impact of George Wallace in 1968 impelled Richard Nixon to run on more of a "law 'n' order" platform than he had and to convert Spiro Agnew, who had been a Rockefeller Republican, into a conservative hero through "fire eating" speeches against hippies and permissive courts.

The Republican Party will not succeed in 2008 by telling conservatives to "shut up and work your butts off for our RINO candidate". However, in holding the conservative base, McCain or Giuliani may alienate the sort of voters that they seem to attract at present.

[JSDude1]

Guiliani, McKerry, Romney, Pataki, Hagel, et. all will NOT carry the Conservative "Base", we are not stupid; I do not think it will happend!

[KevinDavis]

Like I'm going to waste my vote on a party that wants the Government to go into our bedrooms...