I hear that he’s in it to win it! A dozen folks in Iowa can attest to that.
http://www.gilmoreforamerica.com/
I see he had a twitter post from the shooting range with some tips for the Media.
Also said something like “Well - I’m proud that I have out-lasted Rand Paul!”
I don’t know much about him, but I can say that he impressed me more than any other candidate in the very first (2nd tier) debate of the campaign season (I forgot where it was). I liked his style and substance. A no-nonsense kind of guy. Not a phony bone on his body.
The President has to lead and leading requires charisma. Some men have it. Others lack it. Gilmore’s lack of traction suggests he is of the latter IMO. He’s just not generating any excitement and I doubt even 25% of the electorate could point him out in a line up.
Preserving our Second Amendment Rights
“Every state and the District of Columbia will be required to honor the concealed carry permits issued by every other state and DC. There will never be an assault weapons ban during my presidency. As the Constitution says, our Second Amendment rights shall not be infringed.”
http://www.ontheissues.org/Jim_Gilmore.htm
I’ve met Gilmore several times, and he’s just not memorable as a person. I don’t have any major objections to his positions on any issue, and he wouldn’t necessarily be a bad president, just a bad candidate.
He’s a very strong supporter of the Second Amendment, but I remember wondering how he got any votes at all in Virginia and even how he got married. It’s not that there was anything wrong with him, just that I imagined him asking a girl for a second date and her responding: “have we met?”
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahahaha
Trump is a far superior choice.
If there are 13 people in the Gilmore family of voting age, it must have been an awkward moment at the dinner table when the final tally was released. (Of course the number of tallied votes released is not exactly the same number of registered voters in Iowa, so more than 12 actaully did vote for him...just sayin) ;^)
Why not?
He was born in America, but was he born in the U.S.?
No way he can win. He’s not on twitter.
Like I said on another thread (FR Caucus Discussion): “Gilmore is weak on the climate change/”glo-bull” warming/fairy dust issue, but otherwise pretty good.”
Copied and pasted on why he shouldn’t be Vice-President, let alone President.
That would be a poor choice. Gilmore couldn’t carry his own state. He ran for Senator against Mark Warner in 2008 and had the single worst performance as a first-tier candidate in the modern era, getting 1/3rd of the vote (33.7% to Warner’s 65%), and this was an open seat (note that he won both the Governorship and Attorney General offices with 56%, so that performance for Senator was inexcusably horrid). He hasn’t won office in 19 years.
Saying that, I’m sure he’d make a credible Ambassador or lesser Cabinet or government official.
Henwasnour governor from 1998-2002 and a very good one. He lived up to his promise of fighting to end the hated personal property tax and was successful (50% of the way) until the then-democrat controlled legislature stymied him. Gilmore was a steady leader during and after 9/11. He appeared nightly for week with updates on VA’s interaction with the Bush Administration as the country got back on its feet.
I met him in October 2008 during Sarah Palin’s rally in Richmond.. he was running for the retiring John Warner’s senate seat. He comes across like a nice guy and is a strong presence on stage.
Too bad he’s not getting better exposure... I’d vote for him in a heartbeat if he had a chance to make an impact.
And.. as a former Army intel specialist, he’s the only veteran in the race.
Sounds like a good VP candidate. He doesn’t have many negatives.
Supporting Gilmore would simply siphon votes from viable candidates, mainly Cruz. The result would be Hillary, by a win over Rubio.
He was not well regarded as Governor of Virginia.
Credibility? He got 12 votes in Iowa... TWELVE... out of 170,000+. Most candidates had more Iowans assigned to getting donuts for their local staffs than Gilmore had total votes, and you see him as credible? Wow.
Cruz is a natural born citizen and doesn’t have any credibility problems (certainly not cause the Trump says so), if that’s what you’re driving at.