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Picky, picky, picky.

Focus on the Family founder and conservative political kingmaker James Dobson threw cold water on the presidential hopes of former Sen. Fred Thompson. "I don't think he's a Christian; at least that's my impression," Dobson told U.S. News & World Report.

(Thompson could have responded that as a baptized Church of Christ member, he doesn't think Dobson is saved, either).

The field of suitable candidates is dwindling. Dobson approves of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, but Gingrich recently admitted to an affair. And in January, Dobson said he "would not vote for John McCain under any circumstances."

The others? “I do not believe that the current excitement over Giuliani will continue,” Dobson has said. Mitt Romney? “There are conservative Christians who will not vote for him because of his Mormon faith."

So, hmm. Who's left to back for president? Who can live up to Dobson's expectations?

Probably no one but Dobson himself.

Dobson grew up influenced by an overpowering atmosphere of Nazarene holiness-sinless-perfectionism, according to Family Man, the biography by former Wall Street Journal reporter Dale Buss. "Jim's parents and grandparents really conveyed to him a sense of destiny, that he would be used of God to touch the world in a special way," according to a close friend from college.

Well, isn't it about time America had a president who can't sin? We've had plenty of the other kind. Who better to explain the difference between love and mere infatuation with a candidate? Who else could deal with a "strong-willed" Congress or spank the press?

He already often travels with four bodyguards, including a retired Delta Force commando.

That's why we predict that James Dobson will rally his eight million supporters and dare to discipline them for a White House run in 2008.

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