Impossible for Carter to win in 08, but I'm following.
February 5 - Rudy Giuliani announces that he will run for President. He is the frontrunner for the Republican nomination.
February 13 - Mitt Romney formally announces a Presidential campaign.
February 28 - John McCain formally announces his presidential campaign. Political analysts seem to agree that the race for the nomination is between McCain, Romney, Giuliani, and 'Candidate X', a conservative who can appeal to evangelicals.
Oh no!
The reason there is no firm 'conservative' candidate is that there are so many vying for that position: Gilmore, Musgrave, Thompson, Huckabee. They split the vote and allow the politicians you refer to as 'fake-publicans' to gain advantages.
And if a...fake-publican...is nominated, will you keep reading this?
I'll keep reading even if the Republicans nominate Linc Chaffee. just because it's not someone i like doesn't mean i shouldn't read the TL, as long as it's good.