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None of the Dems have anything like the American spirit. Bush has part of it, but everybody is different, so we shouldn't even be looking for another Reagan. In any case, we need to look toward '08. Somebody should be showing the attributes needed. Any day now. I hope.

My thoughts, exactly. A "Reagan" comes around once in a generation, or maybe once in a century. We'll never see another Ronald Reagan in our lifetimes, I'm pretty sure. But I do hope for someone to emerge who can actually articulate what this country has stood for since its founding. I'd really like to see a campaign in '08 where the Republican refuses to be sucked into a bidding contest with the Democrat -- who can give away the most goodies to the American people. I'd like to see the campaign in '08 be over the spirit and substance of this nation, and what our role in the world is. I'd like to see an articulation of what it means that our nation is built upon *liberty*, and a serious discussion about what liberty is. I'd like to see the Republcian candidate cram it down the throat of their opponent that the Democrats don't stand for liberty, but for selfishness and license (which to the uneducated looks like "liberty"). I'd really like to see the '08 election campaign be a re-education of the American people about true American ideals. A faint hope, but a hope none the less.

The actual basis of our freedom and democracy, which we have trouble actually defining, is private property rights. I can't see someone mounting a massively popular campaign based on upgrading the recorders office and freeing up zoning and building code; not one that would get the citizens jumping with excitement. It's also tough to sell liberty to certain sub-groups of the citizenry when they know they have liberty and at the same time don't.

I would like to see a candidate sell the idea of capitalism all over the world. Link that to prosperity and peace forever. Someone with the gift of gab could go all day on that.