EDITORIAL - The big question real conservatives have been asking is: Will there even be a conservative on the presidential ballot in 2008?

It is imperative that real conservatives start rallying around potential candidates now.

So far, and this may change, colleagues and I have hand-picked the following:

GOP: Tom Tancredo, Duncan Hunter or Ron Paul
Constitution Party: Jim Gilchrist, Chuck Baldwin or Michael Peroutka
Reform Party: Lou Dobbs

Pat Buchanan would be the best choice for the GOP, but he says he is not running. And other than Tom Tancredo and Duncan Hunger, no real conservative has been mentioned in the GOP. John McCain, Rudolph Giuliani, and Condoleezza Rice are liberals. Mitt Romney is probably a liberal in disguise. Mike Huckabee is a pro-amnesty globalist. And Newt Gingrich is a neocon.

There is a good chance that the GOP will again become a liberal party (as it was from the 1860s to the 1950s), and conservatives will have to shop elsewhere. This is why it is imperative to start thinking about third-party candidates.

Lou Dobbs, who is being drafted by conservative bloggers, would make an excellent president. He is a life-long conservative, anti-free trade, and vehemently opposes the third-world invasion of America. He also could steal votes from the Democrats.

What should conservatives look for in a candidate?

The two big issues that conservatives should oppose in 2008 are immigration and free trade.

Currently, there exists a third-world invasion of America, which must be halted immediately by any means necessary. If this invasion continues, within a generation our once beloved country will be an unrecognizable third-world cesspool. Our country is under attack, and we need a patriot at the helm who will fight this deadly invasion.

Regarding free trade, both philosophically and historically, conservatives have opposed free trade, and they should. Many in the GOP, however, have been "neoconned" on this issue. Free trade may be described as neoliberal, neocon, or globalist, but it is not conservative. Free trade is destroying our culture, sovereignty, and economy. It is national suicide, and it must be stopped. The ultra-liberal North American Union (product of NAFTA) will be the undoing of any traditional mode of life in the United States.

Conservatives also should push for a president who has a conservative (i.e. non-interventionist) outlook in foreign policy, and not some neocon (aka, neoliberal) who believes in the Wilsonian transformation of the Middle East into democracy. This is not conservative; it is the Jacobin antithesis of conservatism. And it is a distraction. Our boys are dying in Iraq while hordes of invaders are entering the United States daily.

Let's start rallying around good candidates now, before it is too late.