CREATE TABLE table_16751596_2 (republican VARCHAR, dates_administered VARCHAR)

Name the republican steve sauerberg for august 12, 2008
SELECT republican AS :_steve_sauerberg FROM table_16751596_2 WHERE dates_administered = "August 12, 2008"
SELECT "republican" AS :_steve_sauerberg FROM "table_16751596_2" WHERE "August 12, 2008" = "dates_administered"