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This election cycle was an even bigger missed opportunity than 2000. The issues Pat Buchanan ran on—foreign policy, trade, and immigration—are all more salient now than they were eight years ago. Not only are antiwar conservatives up for grabs, but the Republican nominee, John McCain, is despised or distrusted by millions of ordinary taxpaying, churchgoing, Limbaugh-listening conservatives without the paleo prefix. Moreover, Ron Paul momentarily united Buchananites and libertarians during the Republican primaries, raising millions of dollars and inspiring thousands of passionate followers. The kind of third-party campaign that was quixotic during the Bush-Gore battle of the hanging chads would seem plausible in the fight against McBama. If there were ever a chance to free disaffected conservatives from the chains that bind them to the GOP, this would be the year. Yet unless something significant is brewing beneath the surface of the polls, that seems increasingly unlikely to happen. http://www.takimag.com/2273/