In the primaries, we should seek the candidate that best supports conservative values. It is way too early to settle on the candidate that can win in November.
Ping!!!
"This makes me wonder if anybody can stand up to the litmus test these people are applying to candidates."
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If the Republican Paty drops its Por-life position, then I'm done with the party.
It's really quite simple.
Reagan was a Democrat when he supported abortion; Romney was a Republican when he supported abortion. The former is expected; the latter is not.
I agree. I am focused on one issue right now and that is the war on terrorism and how a candidate will handle it. In a way, nothing else matters right now.
Reagan's conversion didn't occur in one election span, as well he was involved in the movement prior. Surely Michael knows THAT. Nor did Reagan, after losing a run to be the nominee, become suddenly pro-choice. Ergo, his conversion was deemed genuine. Get back to me on Romney after enough time has passed to prove it hasn't been cynically motivated.
And, rudy a conservative? Beautiful. Now conservatives are trying to re-define conservatisism because they are desperate to have an "R" in the W.H. And that is what is driving Michael here. fear of a Dem i the W.H. What I fear is sanctioning two Liberals for the W.H., one from Reps and one from dems. because then conservatism will really be in trouble.
I'm not a one issue voter, but I have a real problem with Rudy's stance on guns. The other problem I have with Giuliani and Romney is that they are pols from the northeast (where I live, sadly). Politicians, both R and D, have ruined the northeast, to the point that they are driving people out of this region. The GOP in this region is a complete joke when compared to the party in the rest of the country, except for CA and maybe IL. Why in the world would we want a candidate that would export to the rest of the country the leftist politics that are practiced in the northeast?
It may come as a surprise to these purists, but Ronald Reagan once supported abortion too. Yet nobody ever questioned his strong pro-life credentials after his conversion to Republicanism. They accepted his sincerity. Why can’t they accept Mitt Romney’s?
Oh shut up Michael you goof. Your father changed his views back in the 60's. Twenty years before he ran for President. Mitt Romney changed his a few years ago just to appease the Republicans. Your blind if you can't see that.
Whodda thunked that George Walker Bush would have surfaced for the presidency? He not only surfaced, passed the litmus test, and won the presidency for two terms. So there are people out there that can win but not Giuliani, McCain nor Romney. They aren't acceptable to the majority of the electorate.
Ronald Reagan is my favorite President of the 20th Century, but I certainly did not agree with him on every issue. But I sure would love to get another like him.
I am a Reagan Republican and I studied him carefully from the time he was Governor to his last day in office.
Michael has his father's image correctly displayed for ALL to see. This is one of the most accurate and logical posts this forum has seen in a long time. It also relates directly to Reagan's Biography. Ronnie had real problems with the "true" conservatives when he was governor and as the President. He pointed that out in his book many times.
I hope this party will somehow regain some thread of sanity before the primaries.
Even anti-moderate democrat.. which is what a RINO IS anyway..
The GOP is not the same party as it was under Reagan, especially as evidence by the current frontrunning candidates who often seem to the left of the Dems in 1960.
ping.
True, no candidate is a perfect candidate but pro-life is a proven winner. No Republican candidate for president can win the general election without a solid pro-life position.
I love all the folks here trash talking Micheal Reagan. Dear god is he not Reagan enough for you guys? Why do I think some of those here who so demand a strict "Reagan Conservative" were probably bad mouthing the man while in office.
Ditto Michael Reagan!!! Rudy Giuliani or Mitt Romney with both be an excellent leader for this great country.
I've said this several times. I've been denounced as a RINO and told I was 'bashing Reagan'. Well, is his son bashing his father here?
This is madness, and if it does not stop, the GOP is going to lose the presidential election in 2008.
Can't be repeated often enough.
The current FR poll shows a fractured base.