I’m not sure which of my posts you were referring to, Post 86 being the last.
Now is the time for vetting the candidates. If we are unwilling to realistically look at their record, we will be blindsided later.
I would ask that you also consider how differently the office of the Presidency and the office of governor are executed. Those who have been in both positions have acknowledged their differences. Do you think Obama would have been a better President if he had been a governor? That didn’t help Carter.
Ideology and character are the most important factors, along with their proposed solutions to our current problems. That is why I support Cruz, the only candidate with a 100% Conservative rating.
I was replying to post 36, which was a reply to your post 33. It is not enough to simply write “I have seen someone somewhere say that guy is bad”. Someone and somewhere must be defined specifically for proper evaluation.
I have no doubts about Cruz being a great candidate. However, he is definitely not the only great candidate currently in the field, and some of those candidates are much stronger in the executive area where he is deficient. I think the only current candidates in the Blaze survey who get failing grades from me are Huckabee, Bush, and Christie - all who have strong executive experience - even though I consider that enormously important, but I downgrade them in so many other areas due to their policy execution. Oh yeah... Lindsey Graham also fails to me. Cruz and 3 others I evaluate (currently) as “A’s”, and I consider the many “B’s” very viable.
I have seen way too many hit pieces on Reagan, and YES, even on Cruz, to accept hit pieces or any of the other candidates as having something useful to say.
Matt Bevin just won the KY gov primary by saying “My opponent is a good man, and a good conservative. I think he would do a good job, but I believe I would be even better for the state.” FReepers are capable of keeping the discussion on that level when they try. I encourage you and other FReepers to strive for that.