GOP Candidates for 2008

Is anyone else struggling with the current GOP candidates running for the presidency in 2008? It seems that the leading possibilities have at least one area either politically or morally that I strongly disagree with. And many within the pundit world seem content to sacrifice strong spiritual convictions (e.g. on the issue of abortion or gay rights) to accomplish a more conservative agenda politically. They seem to be drawing a distinction between what is “spiritual” from what is “political,” as if one does not or should not necessarily inform the other. The irony is that all candidates, on both sides of the isle, see the importance of claiming to be individuals of “faith” – what that faith entails is a moot point, as long as one can claim to have a faith (see the recent article in the Rocky Mountain News entitled “Romney’s Strange View of Faith” by Paul Campos).

The one candidate that seems to be one that I can get behind and support, that shares both similar spiritual and political views, is Mike Huckabee (the governor of Arkansas). But he lacks the popularity or public notoriety of other candidates like Giuliani, Romney, or Thompson. I would encourage all my blog readers to research more on Mike Huckabee to see where he stands in their eyes.