[dirtboy]

There already are two fine conservative candidates seeking the nomination: Ron Paul and Tom Tancredo.

Ron Paul if you wish to cut and run in Iraq. Tancredo's a great activist, but such figures seldom do well in pursuit of higher office.

Hunter is a great congressman and is still my ideological first choice, but I don't see his campaign doing the right things to get traction, and he's running out of time in a hurry.

Meanwhile, if the tin-eared type who wrote this bothered to listen to Thompson's more recent positions, he realizes we need enforcement first. Which is a sane approach no matter what your opinions as to how this country should handle the illegals already here.

Plus, compare Thompson to Rudy, McVain and Romney. The half-empty glass quickly looks half-full.

[Old_Mil]

The question is whether Thompson is another Reagan, or another Bush?

A ticket with Thompson and Hunter on it would be a good one, I think.

[meg88]

How about Brownback? (if he could only get his stuff together on immigration)

[TomGuy]

Thompson's more recent positions

That is, to me, the problem: Thompson's more recent positions.

Giuliani has more recent positions, too.

McCain has more recent positions, too.

Romney has more recent positions, too.

Gingrich has more recent positions, too.

Hillary Clinton has more recent positions, too.

Obama has more recent positions, too.

etc.

When they smell election, they revert to their chameleon state and reform themselves to fit the electorate. But, after the election, if they win, they revert to that former state.

Most of the list above have been all over the map with their more recent positions.

[CharlesWayneCT]

I don't get why anybody supports Paul and Tancredo over Hunter. Hunter isn't "perfect" to them, but he's awfully darn close to it. I really thought that Hunter would end the asperations of at least Tancredo.