Some have suggested that anti-Giuliani Republicans will need to come together and back one of his opponents, not withstanding the rumors about Richard Viguerie and James Dobson going third party.
That gathering may be beginning, as Gary Bauer says he hopes that “pro-family, pro-life Christians will continue to keep an open mind about Senator Thompson.” Bauer has run for President himself, and he seemed a likely choice to be the candidate of a hypothetical third party for life, but if he’s inching toward backing Thompson, then that makes life that much harder on any splitters.