The whole thing is kind of strange. I think back to the Wyoming caucus earlier this year, said to be the most conservative state in the union. Romney ended up with the lion's share of delegates out of that state despite Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum still being in the race at that time. Yet Gingrich and Santorum were blown out of the water by Romney in the most conservative state in America. So basically Wyoming conservatives have embraced Romney as their standard-bearer.
All of this just seems incongruous with what is being stated in this most conservative forum.
Anyway, I wonder why you yourself don't throw your hat in the ring and run as a conservative third party candidate. You seem to be very vocal regarding your displeasure over our choices during this coming election and it seems to me that the presidency could be yours if you could direct your energies accordingly.
I might consider voting for you once I learn additional data about your positions. For example, would you get the federal government completely out of the "entitlement" programs and would you support a less onerous federal tax structure that rewards those who are successful? I think those are winning positions.
Why wouldn’t I run ? For starters, there are many more qualified people than myself. Even were it remotely possible, I would think serving in lower office would tend to be a minimal prerequisite, wouldn’t you ? (Or at least a business executive of a major company with management skills)
Strange could be a word. The people that should’ve run oddly did not. It left the field with a bunch of egomaniacs that were second-tier at best. Most of us were expecting Palin to get in, as she was the proverbial “next in line” candidate with the Conservative base behind her. Why she didn’t is the question (it’s not like the media ever let up on their attacks of her, so she was already used to it, so that wasn’t necessarily the reason). Perhaps it is because she could see the disastrous situation in DC and whomever would be President for the next term wasn’t likely going to be able to turn things around in just 4 short years. I’ll not bother to entertain other nefarious reasons floated about in internetland.
One thing, however, is crystal clear. The entire process for selecting the Presidential nominee is profoundly broken and must be changed. This ludicrous IA-NH-SC troika that makes or breaks candidates has to stop. Neither IA nor NH, both now Democrat states Presidentially, have any business playing a major role in determining the GOP nominee. States like TX ought to have a leading early role, especially since it is amongst the most solid of GOP Presidential states (having not voted for a Democrat since 1976).
I’ve advocated methods such as drafting candidates and Conservative pre-primaries to weed out the unviable nominees and RINOs (Willard would not even get past the door).