[muawiyah]

There is no cage match at all ~ only 3 of the officially announced candidates for the nomination had been lifelong Conservative Republicans.

Go dig up the lists yourself ~ evaluate each and every candidate.

[dirtboy]

There is no cage match at all ~ only 3 of the officially announced candidates for the nomination had been lifelong Conservative Republicans.

Har. We had full-contact karate over whether Bachmann, Perry, Santorum, Gingrich, Cain were the true conservatives. Blood all over the ring.

[dirtboy]

nly 3 of the officially announced candidates for the nomination had been lifelong Conservative Republicans.

Well, using that strict standard, we never should have nominated Reagan in 1980.

I am concerned about a candidate's history of, say, the last 20 years. Their veracity. Their personal adherence to principles coupled with an understanding of politics - not an easy combination to achieve.

But first and foremost, we have to improve the process of getting a front-runner, and realize the enemy is not in our midst on FR - other than the occasional clear troll - but instead is the GOP-E and the Dems - the two flavors of socialism.