Fred needs to fight on all the way to the convention. He can succeed at the GOP convention where Ronald Reagan failed in 1976.
Fred’s fight will be on the convention floor, for leadership and party unity.
Fred has an important job to do still. He must keep the nomination far out of reach of Mike Huckabee. And he must bring the party together as the consensus conservative choice when no candidate comes up with enough delegates to win the nomination.
Keep on fighting Fred!
Conservatives WANTED to believe in Fred.
We WANTED to believe he would be able to energize and solidify the Republican base, and lead us into a new era of strength, prosperity and conservative dominance.
But it’s more than obvious that Fred is past his prime. He is uninspiring and too lethargic to get Republicans excited. (sorry for the crudeness).
Just like Bob Dole, Fred is a great conservative but a lousy politician and campaigner. Which is VERY important in winning the general election.
More importantly, Fred is ALSO part of that Washington DC insider good ol’ boy network which has caused so many problems for the GOP and America.
Same with McCain.
Only Huckabee and Romney are ‘outsiders’ and would thus bring in some fresh leadership ideas.
Huckabee scares me and others to Kingdom come, and would destroy the GOP for decades.
Which is why so many of us are excited about Mitt Romney, his fresh face... his fresh approach to conservative ideas and promotion.
I don’t see him as a threat any longer.
When you see how little he will get in Florida, then that will be a lagging indicator that may prove my contention.
As for the rest, well...
I’m preparing to predict a clinton win.