This just in via email:
It is becoming clear that the Republicans need a presidential candidate who is serious about limited government, securing our borders, and enacting a strong domestic agenda. No other potential candidate is as dedicated to these goals as former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore. We believe that Jim Gilmore represents the best hope of the Republican Party to return to its Reagan Roots and to win as a conservative in 2008.
It has only been a few short days since our official launch and we already signing up volunteers in key states and gaining national media attention. Draft Gilmore was recently featured by The National Journal's Hotline and U.S. News & World Report's Washington Whispers. Eager volunteers from across the nation are signing up to help Draft Jim Gilmore.
Jim Gilmore recently visited California and immediately buzz surrounding a potential bid began, John Gizzi with Human Events reported:LOS ANGELES -- The latest, hottest, and most unanticipated rumor to emerge from the State Republican Convention at the Century Plaza Hotel here was that former Virginia Gov. and Republican National Chairman Jim Gilmore would enter the 2008 Republican presidential sweepstakes.
Talk of Gilmore-for-President began as the former governor and staunch conservative arrived in Los Angeles to address the state GOP's top officials. In a fighting luncheon speech, Gilmore call for securing the borders and a Republican agenda of "security, safety, and long-term civil values and freedom." Recalling his stint as head of the RNC in the first Bush Administration, Gilmore said he perceived an impression from the public that political parties "raise money, buy media, and that's it." However, he said there was "still room for the parties" to carry out a strong agenda and that a "value program" for the Republican Party still packed a political punch. Gilmore's address drew a prolonged ovation from the GOP leadership.
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Already, the former governor has some fans among Golden State Republicans. Republican National Committeewoman Barbara Alby told me "He'd better run! He has a great message. And the field for '08 needs a Jim Gilmore, who talks the values we hold dear in the Republican Party and has a walk to back up the talk. He's presidential timber." Alby recalled her service on the RNC while Gilmore was national chairman and said she had "a special fondness" for him. When I asked her colleague, Republican National Committeeman Tim Morgan, whether Gilmore should run or not, he replied without hesitation: "I do."
For conservative seeking a credible candidate to restore fiscal sanity to Washington, secure our borders, and reform domestic policy; Jim Gilmore is the real deal. For Republicans seeking a strong leader on national security policy, Jim Gilmore is the real deal.
Learn more at DraftGilmore.org.
I'll need to do some more research on this one...but one thing is crystal clear: there is no real frontrunner for the GOP...
