[Clintonfatigued]

State Sen. John Barrasso is pro-abort, which IMHO disqualifies him to represent a heavily Republican constituancy. I don’t know where state Representative Colin Simpson stands on the issues, but his last name would be a great asset for the general election.

Tom Sansonetti is good on the issues, but it’s not clear whether he has the political strength to win. That may leave U.S. Attorney Matt Mead as the choice.

[EternalVigilance]

If Simpson is a chip off the old block, Wyoming should keep him in Wyoming, and not subject the rest of the country to another uber-RINO.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Key word is “weakest” Republican. There’s going to be pressure for him to appoint one to maximize GOP dissension. It’s too bad somebody like ex-Sen. Malcolm Wallop couldn’t serve an interim term and allow us to put up a better candidate in ‘08.

[ken5050]

Can we assume that Cubin ruled herself out because she knew she would never be selected?

[colorado tanker]

It’ll be an interesting call. The Democratic Party interest would be to nominate the candidate who would be likeliest to draw a primary challenge and go into the next general weak. OTOH, if the Guv wants to run himself, as it appears, he can’t really P.O. a lot of Republicans and look like a political animal because he needs pubbie votes to win in that state.

[MplsSteve]

IIRC, Alan Simpson was pro-choice. Wyoming’s voters (at least most of ‘em) didn’t seem to have a problem with that.

I’m a lot more concerned about how Thomas’ successor will be voting on the WOT and the immigration bill than I am about whether he’s pro-life or pro-choice.