[gov_bean_ counter]

The man has had, what?, over 20 years to make a national name for himself. And he still doesn't have any visibility outside his district. Sure he has sponsored a lot of interesting military legislation, but I'm not sure what percentage of his activity has actually been enacted. Quite frankly he does have some baggage related to pushing procurements not wanted by the DOD that would benefit his constituents. I think it got worse when he was name chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. In the final analysis there just hasn't been anything outstanding about his political career.

[IMissPresidentReagan]

I honestly don’t know a terrible lot about him, except what I’ve read on FreeRepublic. It’s rare that a Congressman (not Senator) rises to the office of the President, because many Congressman have great appeal inside their district and 0 appeal everywhere else. The problem I have with him is his endorsement of (p)hucakbee. That’s something that crosses into unforgiveable territory for me. I’ve not spent much time learning about him because even if he does decide to run, by the time the primaries reach Kentucky, he won’t be around. He and (p)huckabee seem to have a similar problem when it comes to raising $$, and reality is, you need money to run a successful campaign.