Posted on 02/01/2007 10:06:51 AM PST by GulfBreeze
Republican conservatives are unhappy... don't have a presidential candidate.
...they don't see a "real" conservative in the top tier of the GOP field.
...may have to choose between a front-runner who professes fealty to conservative causes but whose devotion may be suspect or a lesser-known ...
The disquiet stems largely from polls showing the two front-runners ...John McCain of Arizona ... Rudy Giuliani, who supports abortion rights, gun control and gay marriage.
The fastest-rising contender ...Mitt Romney, ... once campaigned as a backer of abortion rights and urged a bigger role for gays and lesbians in the GOP.
In a column last month ... Republican pollster David Hill dismissed .. McCain and Romney candidacies ...
...that doesn't mean there is no GOP aspirant with a record that social conservatives could readily support. Sen. Sam Brownback... Mike Huckabee... James Gilmore... Duncan Hunter of California and Tom Tancredo of Colorado, are also wooing the right.
... Mr. Hill, who seemed mainly concerned with questioning the motivations of Mr. McCain and Mr. Romney. Both "possess some conservative credentials," he conceded, but "neither of them seems particularly interested in being the 'real' conservative."
"They are already moving to the center to win the general election, and this could be their undoing if a genuine conservative enters the fray,"...
The conservative dilemma is hardly a new one. Since Barry Goldwater's 1964 candidacy, the most conservative contenders from Phil Crane in 1980 to Gary Bauer in 2000 have usually lost the GOP nomination to more broadly acceptable candidates.
But one thing is clear: Republicans have tended to do better with nominees like Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, who drew the enthusiastic support of conservatives, than with those who attracted less fervent backing, like Gerald Ford, the elder George Bush and Bob Dole.
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(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...
dont forget wyo, which votes strongly gop.
Forgot Wyoming. Sorry.
Duncan Hunter would win:
Wyoming
Alaska
Idaho
Utah
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texas
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
So Hunter was participant in the House Banking Scandal? Interesting...
Your an idiot that has no isea what the word proof even means.
Duncan Hunter has done nothing wrong. He get's contributions from a lot of people.
As for overdrafting the checks. So what. He made good on every one. He never held the overdrafts for long. He always kept his account current.
Have you ever overdrafted a check (you crook)?
I don't know enough about Romney yet to say, but I do know that Rudy is a non-starter for me. Your analysis of the primary structure and the resulting impact on the process is very instructive and I thank you for it. It seems to pull us closer to a one-party system where we choose Schmuck A or Schmuck B and, of course, we're supposed to be properly grateful for that freedom.
its my understanding that hunter was cleared of any wrong doing, one of the very few i might add.
so he backed someone who became a crook, that doesnt make him a crook anymore than rudy having gay friends makes him gay!
WHAT? sheesh.
hillary is not going to make it.
My personal litmus test is simple. Its shorter now than it was even a couple of months ago. I want someone who knows we are at war, and is prepared to lead us through.
That requires someone who is outspoken, because in a country such as ours, that is how you lead. Bush's greatest mistake in executing the war is that he has not been out front defending it enough, and he has not been able to overcome the media anti-war propaganda machine. Whatever tactical mistakes may have been made in the field pale next to this. In fact, we're winning in the field, and like in Viet Nam we are losing at the political level because we've lost the propaganda war.
If he's an ex-ranger, he may have the military chops to execute a war. But to lead he needs to be able to speak to the folks out there beyond the TV cameras and rally them.
You better get with the program now, the base isn't going to pull for Rudy McRomney. Hell, no one should.
Thank you for your help with the Hunter campaign. If I may, I think Hunter's views on trade with China are a "little" stident. We are going to have to work with China and India in the future. I hope DH can consider this message!
No, I haven't.
And it wasn't an overdraft; it was check kiting.
What's your source on that?
And which state can he win that Kerry won?
I agree; if those state change, this whole thing will be over February 5th, 2008.
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