[Mia T]

Ben Franklin bump ;)

#1 above all else.
IMO, our platform must emphasize goals and competence and character, not ideology.

We must document the clintons' and the Left's utter failure to protect this country and we must tie it into their lack of competence and character. The voters must be made to understand what is at stake.

[RKV]

Not sure I agree about the ideological component. Ronald Reagan was not an ideologue per se, but he did have a well thought out ideology - i.e. a vision which he could articulate. The average joe can tell that neither party has a lock on the character issue - hopefully we can say truthfully that the difference between Republicans and DemocRATs is that we Republicans prosecute criminals, unlike the DemocRATs who coddle theirs. We certainly cannot say (truthfully) that all Republicans of perfect character. With respect to competance, yes, it is required, unfortunately, its not enough. Hitler made the trains run on time.