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There is one central question involved for choosing the Republican candidate for 2008: Who embodies conservative the best?

Not just fiscal conservatism. Not just social conservatism. Not just the entrepreneurial spirit. Not just Christianity hollered from the rooftops.

Republicans want the whole package.

And it's easy to see why: Conservatism is embraced by the whole country, in very large part.

When you're on the liberal side of the aisle - or even when you're vacillating and think politics is politics no matter what initial is after your name - you're not going to see it. You're going to see this issue and that issue. You're going to see posturing and pandering. And you're going to see people hiding their unpopular viewpoints while putting forth their popular ones.

That won't be the case with the 2008 Republican nominee.

Conservatives won't settle for it.

They want honesty. They want transparency. These things exist in the Republican party. Scandal does, too - but look at the Republicans who have committed scandals. They've either been shunned by conservatives from day 1, or they've been exonerated for their deeds.

Do you know why Ronald Reagan was the most popular president of either party in the 20th century? It's because he had moral clarity. What other president would have the guts to stand up and say "We're going to do something that's going to put this economy in a recession for a couple of years - but we're doing it for our country's future and for our children, and it's that kind of sacrifice that makes America great!"

That embodies conservatism.

Conversely, clarity about your position is something the Democrats can't afford. Who wants to vote for the higher tax party? Or the party that staunchly defends the unhindered killing of unborn children at any time, in any state, by any person, even children? Or the party that wants to make America less powerful?

Conservatives love fighting those things. And they'll rally around whomever gives them the best ammunition.

We've got some great candidates in the race this year, each with strengths the Democrats could only dream of in their candidates. America's Mayor, a post 9/11 hero. A rugged war veteran, and veteran Senator, who'd been loyal to his country and countrymen even through imprisonment. An entrepreneurial genius who took his skills and conservatism from business to save the Olympics, and then help the most liberal state in the union.

So why do so many questions surround them? The answer is in the question that

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