Responding to a question, Mehlman mentioned eight potential candidates for 2008: Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, Virginia Sen. George Allen, Colorado Gov. Bill Owens, Arizona Sen. John McCain, Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, George Pataki, Rudy Giuliani - and Jeb Bush.
Horrible list, IMHO. We need to develop an alternate list that isn't full of RINOs and make it the "front runners". Lets not let the Dem Media define our race for us.
Pataki and Giuliani are far out of the Republican mainstream but media darlings who keep showing up on these lists. Jeb is simply unacceptable from a nepotism point of view. Those of us who are trying to advance Conservatism don't need the distraction of fighting off this charge for another four years.
I don't see the Red States supporting a Mass. Gov. It's in our blood to vote against them, and it's hard to believe a Gov of Mass is anything but a closet liberal (bet he's pro-choice and anti-gun BYE BYE).
McCain just seems like he has issues.
Allen, Owens - I don't know a lot about them but at least there is somebody on the list that's not a RINO.
I think the candidates need to get busy. The Ds are.
I think Owens safely falls into the RINO category at this time. I like Allen well enough, but he is a U.S. Senator, so who knows what he truly believes.