Still don't believe our talk of a possible split within the Republican Party? The Associate Press is reporting today that former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore -- also known as the "Ten Commandments" judge for placing a two and a half ton replica of the tablets in his courthouse -- is coming close to making the decision whether to run for Alabama's GOP gubernatorial nomination against sitting Governor Bob Riley.

Former Chief Justice Roy Moore says he will decide early next month whether he will run for governor.

Moore made the comment during a recent speaking engagement in Ozark. Moore has maintained an active speaking schedule in recent months, which has led to speculation that he will return to politics.

Riley had solid conservative credentials in his three terms in the U.S. House, though he lost the support of some small government conservatives when in his first year as Governor he proposed a sweeping tax reform that would have made the state's regressive tax code more progressive. If Moore is able to steal away the GOP nomination next year with a combination of small government and religious conservatives, the moderate wing of the party will be further weakened nationally. And if this is indeed the case, what chance will either Rudy Giuliani or John McCain have at garnering the 2008 GOP presidential nomination?