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Duncan Hunter. He’s not perfect but he’s close.

Duncan Hunter.

Most of the rest love the idea of enriching China.

Republicans must offer a conservative option. We need to get away from the Ted Kennedy wing of the Republican Party. Republicans want to vote for people of principle.

There is no reason to believe the Republican party will offer a Conservative option because it has incrementally aligned its ideology with Socialist Democrats by replacing Conservatism principles with Socialism. There is essentially a one party system in this country.

Conservatives in the GOP need to accept the fact they would be better off in the long run by leaving the GOP and uniting with the large number of unaffiliated Conservatives to restore the two party system.

Nice post.

Actually, I think, and have thought for a while now, the Republican Party is beyond saving.

It won't be easy, and the Republic may pay a bit, but what I honestly believe is that we need a new Constitutionally conservative Party.

Oh, to be sure, on election day I find myself still pulling the lever for Republicans, but for over a decade now, it has been for the lesser of two evils and unless a Hunter, Thompson, Gingrich, or Alan Keyes type of conservative is their nominee, I will more than likely be faced with doing the same once again, if I bother to vote at all.

Now if I was to opt out of the process, it would be the first time in the 40 years I have been of legal age to vote. While I don't want to even consider "not voting", I can tell you it is becoming a real challenge to continue to convince myself that it is my responsibility to do so as a citizen of the Republic.

Retired and living in south Texas, it would be no problem to be at the golf course on election day, 2008.

B4DH = Bump for Duncan Hunter

“verbally articulate a clear message, and one he has been consistent on”

The only candidate that meets these criteria is Ron Paul. And we know what some here think of that.

Forget the Republican Party. It is a lost cause. It does not represent conservative or libertarian ideals.

They should declare themselves morally bankrupt, and disband. As should the Democrats. Let them organize a political party which actually represents American citizens. Then we can honestly give them permission to govern. Until then? I am planning to vote Libertarian.

Well it comes down to Fred Thompson or Ron Paul. Since I’m not a pot smoker I’ll go with Thompson.

So what do we need to do to save the Republican Party?

Support whomever is nominated, and not pull that stunt that got Clinton elected. (supporting a 3rd party spoiler)

“So what do we need to do to save the Republican Party?”

Return to and stay in, the conservative roots.

What’s the Republican Party to do?

If the gop wants to be competitive nationwide, it will take a lot more than one presidential candidate.

Republicans got a lot of support in ‘94 because they connected with the average American, not just their party base.

The average voter usually doesn’t pay much attention to the political shenanigans played by the two major parties. They pay attention to running their families and being part of their communities. They measure the success of the economy based not on government reports they don’t understand and probably don’t believe, they measure based on whether or not their family is doing better than they did last year. They measure based on what they think is going on in America, and overseas. They are not stupid and they are not gullible.

They don’t really know much about what left or right means as it applies to candidates, but they know that if they are dissatisfied with whomever is in office now, they vote to give the other party a chance. They have short memories.

To the 1/3 of the voting population that doesn’t identify themselves as either democrat or republican, it will take a mission and a vision that is repeated by every candidate at every level that states clearly what they will do in office.

What’s the Republican Party to do?

What are they willing to do?

What the Republican Party always does — cave and move left.

These people hve a virtually infinite capacity for learning the wrong lesson.

Duncan Hunter, Fred Thompson, Ron Paul.

If the GOP wants to win, listen to the voters,

Hunter and Tancredo look good, but it's a mighty high leap from the House to the Oval Office. Giuliani would be imperfect but acceptable, if he could be trusted to keep his word on nominations to the bench. Forget Romney and McCain; neither is genuinely conservative, and neither can be trusted.

At this time, my money's on Fred Thompson, who appears sincerely conservative and has no real reason to betray his word. Of course, he hasn't declared yet and might decide not to. We shall see.

Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
Eternity Road

There is no easy way out or shortcut to winning in this democracy, no matter how frustrating it may be.

Promote conservatism and conservatives.
Support the best conservative candidate in the primary, with your money, your time, and your vote.
Support and vote for the best candidate or least evil in the general.
Repeat.

Don't concede our party to idiots with deep pockets. The GOP had drifted badly before Reagan came along. It has drifted again, but I would say still not as badly as it had back then. In any case, Reagan showed that the Republican Party can be recovered by conservatives.

Political forces move very slowly. Hearts and minds are won over years and generations. The Left dominated the media for many decades in a way that they no longer do. Most of us Republicans grew up in a world where conservatism was passed around primarily by word-of-mouth and only found on the better pages of certain magazines. Young people looking at politics today have a very different environment. Their teacher may be preaching Marxism, but they will get on any site they want at home. The repeated failure of liberal talk radio probably says a lot about liberalism's prospects in this environment. We have not yet seen the full force of what talk radio and the internet will bring to our side. I think the shaming of Dan Rather and the defeat of the illegal amnesty bill are just early victories in the progress we might see in coming years.

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