Can Sarah Palin's popularity last?  Is Tim Pawlenty for real? Could Bobby Jindal be the Obama Buster?  Will Newt Gingrich ever be a household name again?  Would having an African-American RNC chairman attract a single new Black voter?  Should Chuck Norris, John Voit, Elizabeth Hasselbeck and Kelsey Grammer be asked politely not to campaign for future conservative candidates?

With at least two years during which to ponder personality questions like these, what really ought to matter to Republicans and conservatives during the ramp-up for the next presidential campaign is saving the institutions that will help to propel the next GOP presidential candidate to the White House after moderates, libertarians and conservatives get a taste of the new president's change.

First and foremost conservatives need to get ACLU (read: get a clue).  As the left-supported legal organization fights for every homosexual's right to a civil ceremony, every foreign terrorist's right to a trial lawyer and every municipality's right to ban the Ten Commandments while defending those who wear alternative religious garb, we must have our own high-profile American Conservative Liberties Unit fighting back at every turn against the far left's hypocrisy.  Actually, our legal team needs to be on the offensive, ready to challenge every leftist scheme that has even a remote chance of being defeated through litigation.

During at least the first two years of the Obama/Pelosi/Reid troika administration, barring a complete turnaround of the Supreme Court as a result of multiple Obama appointments, we will have no weaponry with which to defend the silent majority's civil rights -- except for the legal system.  To insure that homeland security, traditional American values and institutions are defended and preserved we must support the establishment of an effective anti-ACLU legal organization immediately.

As one who reads the Second Amendment objectively and, therefore, has always believed"...a well regulated militia ..." makes a pretty good case for gun control, it is difficult for me to now advocate for owning firearms of every still-legal description.  But just in case literalists like me have been wrong, we should do what those low-budget TV commercial announcers always suggest:  "Order now while supplies last!" 

Finally, it will take a whole lot of cash to out-campaign any sum that the Obama fundraising machine adds to its 2008 surplus-filled war chest.  Priority number one is the election of more Republican senators, representatives and state governors in 2010, so conservatives should make every effort to lend their financial support to candidates from all around the USA.  Mobilizing conservatives to contribute early and often will be the most important job of the next Republican National Committee chairperson and that organization should select its leader accordingly.

• Lawyers  (in the form of an anti-ACLU/pro-traditionalism effort)

• Guns (in the form of passionate guns-rights activists exposing the left's anti-American agenda)

• Money  (in the form of high-priority universal Republican candidate support)

Speculation about potential Republican candidates makes no sense at this time.  However, the left-leaning media can be manipulated if all of the GOP front-runners present a unified message in their TV appearances.  In short, developing a plan and selecting leaders who can execute it is all that matters now.

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