Great Take on the 2008 Front Runners

Great Take on the 2008 Front Runners

http://www.savethegop.com/archives/2006/04/18/this-is-who-we-have-to-choose-from/

Alexander Brunk @ SavetheGOP.com says:

RINO extraordinaire Hugh Hewitt has a new poll up on his website of the 2008 GOP presidential contenders.
The choices are: George Allen, Sam Brownback, Bill Frist, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, and Mitt Romney.
If these are the only choices available for 2008, I don’t know that I could vote for any of them. A quick assessment of each:
George Allen - pro-choice on abortion for most of his career, began voting pro-life since his election to the US Senate but has never taken a clear stance on the issue. Unwilling to stand up to Bush or the Republican leadership on spending restraint. As NRSC Chairman in 2004, deliberately rigged primary elections in favor of moderate Republicans, even in cases where a conservative challenger was the stronger general election candidate.
Sam Brownback - has raised almost no money, extremely weak on immigration to the point of favoring amnesty. Also unwilling to stand up to Bush on spending restraint and pork projects.
Bill Frist - has been an extremely ineffective Senate Majority leader. Is dull and does not excite, well, anyone. Switched positions on stem cell research. As NRSC Chairman in 2002, also favored moderates in primary elections, though not as glaringly as Allen in 2004. Continues to defend the NRSC’s spending money supporting Lincoln Chafee in 2006 despite Chafee’s recently being rated as more liberal then most Democrats in the Senate.
Rudy Giuliani - openly socially liberal across the board. Opposed the partial-birth abortion ban, has lots of skeletons in his closet from his personal life (cheating on his wife, etc).
Mike Huckabee - fought conservative state legislators in Arkansas tooth and nail to prevent a crackdown on illegal immigrants. Raised taxes and the minimum wage as Governor. Attacked the Club for Growth for calling him out on his failure to be fiscally conservative.
John McCain - What can I say? Campaign Finance Reform, Kyoto, judges, whoring himself to the media at every opportunity to attack Republicans, flip-flopping on Roe v Wade…. the list goes on.
Mitt Romney - Ran as pro-choice to be elected Governor. Appointed vast numbers of liberal judges in Massachusetts (and very few conservative ones). Favors universal health care.
So those are our choices. What is a conservative to do? I had originally been hoping for a Mark Sanford candidacy, and after he bowed out I leaned toward supporting Tom Tancredo. Not that it appears neither plans to run, I’m at a loss. I have several friends involved in a ‘Draft Mike Pence’ organization, but it seems unlikely that he will run as well.
So I’d like to hear your suggestions. Who should conservatives support for President in 2008? Is there any hope of a conservative winning the primary this time around?
I’ll follow up sometime in the next few days with a post discussing several people who I believe could step forward as the conservative candidate for President in 2008.