Cruz is for me the right guy for the times and the job. It isn’t just that he seems to be a fighter, and principled, and a Christian, but that he seems clear-eyed and clear-headed in a way others do not. He is a first-term senator but he pre-senate record is pretty impressive. And asked to choose between someone with experience who doesn’t get it, and won’t fight, versus someone who does get it and does fight, its an easy choice.
I like Walker; he has proven himself to be rather fearless. Not as clear on principle, but still principled. And willing to fight all day long and as long as it takes. You have to like a guy like that.
Rubio says the right things but does not strike me as having any toughness about him. He’s young yet. He is not a fighter; he is a careerist.
Carson is a good speaker, likable, he has good instincts about certain things, but he is not presidential material. He is not clear on the 2nd Amendment; he hasn’t spent much time thinking about foreign policy. That could all be changed if he served a couple of terms in congress.
Huck strikes me as a good person. But I haven’t forgotten how he attacked anyone wanting to secure the border as “unchristian”. He has changed his position in recent years but I know where his instincts are on the subject. Thats not the unforgivable sin by itself, though; my views on the border have certainly evolved as I have grown older. I suppose I should grant that others may also have changed their views over the last couple of decades.
But still.
I like Perry on several levels, though he has made me nervous about a few things. But he strikes me as a good man. He isn’t as clear on principle as he should be but he is probably more clear than many. And he will fight.
Jeb is a no go. At one time I thought he’d make a fine president, he was by all accounts a good governor. But after Terry Schiavo died I thought to myself, Grace has just left him. He’ll never be president. Later when he attacked the Arizona governor who was trying to enforce immigration law, I thought, this guy has lost his way. And more recently when he attacked conservatives in general I had to realize that, on policy at least, he and Hillary are twins almost.
So if he is the nominee he’ll have to win without my vote.
So my list is Cruz with Walker as VP. Followed by Cruz with Perry as VP. Or Cruz with Palin as VP. Or Cruz with anyone from the phone book picked at random for VP.
I forgot Rand Paul.
I like the guy. But he is all over the map, he has tried to kiss up to McConnell. He is weak on Israel and completely unreliable on the border.
He’s probably make a great Secretary of Treasury if we could turn him loose on the Fed. Or let him reorganize the IRS, for that matter. That would be a joy to see.
I so agree.
I was a huge Palin supporter at one time, but I really don’t think she’s running ever again. I’d also support Sessions, but the same thing. He doesn’t act interested; Palin doesn’t take the actions of someone who is interested.
It’s probably heresy, but I think she has moved on. She is a great commentator on the cultural condition, though, and I hope she never stops doing that. She sees clearly.
I do think that Hillary Clinton will run as “the first real female choice”. I think that the media will make that a powerful message, and I think that females across the nation will flock to that message.
I do NOT see her as easy to defeat. I think we go in with the odds against us. The media will never report any of her negatives, her campaign will be a campaign version of the Oprah show, and one more deadly thing in the package will her anointing of the next heir apparent of the democrats.
She must go down, and a traditional campaign will not accomplish that.