[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

You can enjoy living in your FR bubble where everyone supports the war and everyone is a religious conservative who'll magically vote for Fred! but it just ain't so.

I'm telling you that Paul is the ONLY Republican candidate who can unite all of the conservative factions together to defeat Hillary in the general. Not to say he'll get nominated and win, but someone like Fred! can at least accommodate Paul on some of his views to retain his supporters within the GOP. Let's face it, the GOP has completely ignored fiscal conservatism in favor of pushing socon socialism. If whoever's nominated don't start talking about limited government and at least winding down on the war, they're toast, I don't care if it's Fred! or not, the GOP does not have the votes to defeat Hillary in its present form.

[sageb1]

If Ron Paul is such a uniter, why do sane people detest him? Even the Liberty Papers have disassociated themselves from him. Ron Paul supporters are pushing Huckabee over Thompson. You guys need to get a life.

[Reagan Man]

Sorry. Its time to move beyond long shot and no shot candidacies and stop dwelling in the political outer limits. Backing Ron Paul is a futile effort.

Its time to return to reality. We have a unique set of circumstances this time around in the GOP field of candidates. There is a well funded liberal candidate running for the GOP nomination. While he has lost some support thanks to Fred Thompson`s candidacy, Giuliani has been the front runner for the last year and continues to hang on in poll after poll.

We don’t need rhetoric that works to divide social and fiscal conservatives even further. That is exactly the opposite of what Ronald Reagan set out to do starting in the mid-1970`s. That Reagan coalition has become seriously split because so many folks on the right are wanting their agenda to dominate GOP policy.

Bush43 hasn’t helped matters when you consider how his big government spending habits, expansion of the federal bureaucracy and desire for liberal immigration reform has worked to further split the GOP. Just look at the 2006 election results. If Bush was a strong conservative leader we wouldn’t have a fractured party, with a liberal front runner.

Republicans need to start uniting behind one conservative candidate, ASAP. Otherwise Rooty is gonna walk away with the nomination. Something that would please Hillary and Dems to know end.

[billbears]

You can enjoy living in your FR bubble where everyone supports the war and everyone is a religious conservative who'll magically vote for Fred! but it just ain't so

Wait a minute...it's not? ;)

Let's face it, the GOP has completely ignored fiscal conservatism in favor of pushing socon socialism

Spot on. I'm a social conservative. But I don't believe everything should be taken to the altar of Washington DC either. I'll take limited government and a much weaker federal government than some nanny in Washington what I can and cannot do. Frankly as federal officials it's none of their business.