Texas conservatives -- where will you go now?

Thanks to the Walker Report, I was reminded that Alan Keys is in the Republican Presidential race. A former UN Ambassador, the articulate, accomplished former San Antonio resident Keys was quoted as taking some Republican candidates to task. He said they weren't Republican enough, especially former New York Mayor Rudy Guiliani for his stance as Pro-Choice, Pro-Gay and anti Gun Control, and Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts for being too was Pro-Choice despite the Governor's repeated explanations that he is now Pro-Life. Funny, he left John McCain out.
(http://walkerreport.blogspot.com/2008/01/republican-presisential-candidate-allan.html)

Maybe Keys agrees with a lot of other Texans that McCain isn’t even a real Republican. After all, McCain came in 9th in the Texas straw poll, just behind John Cox and Ray McKinney. If you are asking who they are, you are not alone. But they got more votes than McCain. http://www.texasgop.org/site/PageServer?pagename=straw_poll_results

Some commentators had written John McCain off last year. And, Alan Keys could have a real resurrection. But I doubt that.

Duncan Hunter ran away with the Republican straw poll in Texas. But that was in early September, a lifetime ago in terms of Presidential elections. That was back when Hunter was still in the race. And Fred Thompson, the candidate coming in second in that poll, will likely be dropping out tomorrow.

Texas is truly up for grabs.

Moreover, the 60% of those Texans who cast their ballot for Hunter and Thompson in the straw poll are likely representative of Texas Republicans. That makes Texas an interesting state in this Presidential election. Those voters will likely migrate to the most conservative candidate on the ballot. And chances are that won’t be John McCain.