after reading all these comments, I am preparing myself for a Democratic president in 08.
It appears so many won't vote unless the "perfect" canidate comes along.
If you want the perfect canidate then run yourself, but don't be surprised if not everyone on FR agrees with you 100%.
I wouldn't be quite so pessimistic. FR, although it is the premier conservative website for active participation, is hardly a demographic slice of the typical voter who might vote conservative.
This forum is a magnet for both social conservatives and for special interest third party types. Both are overrepresented in proportion to the general electorate. I'll stress that I have nothing against either group and suspect that we often end up casting identical ballots in November, but you get a lot of griping from both groups prior to then.
We have a few unappeasables, but what are you gonna do?
I also don't know anyone who is going to vote for a candidate who is conservative on about 15% of the issues just because he's "better" than a candidate who is conservative on 5% of the issues.