Posted on 07/07/2005 1:42:34 PM PDT by RWR8189
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He's a true dark horse in amongst all of the chitter chatter about Rudy, McCain and Rice.
As of now, George Allen is my early choice for 2008.
I have been following the press on George Allen since Rush mentioned that he could be a factor in 2008. I know that Rush has a policy not to endorse primary candidates, although he did endorse Buchanan in 1992 (in hindsight that was a mistake), but I think he is privately rooting for this guy as am I.
As I see it George Allen is my only choice. What's the alternative, McCain...Hagel??? Give me a break!
Not necessarily a mistake it could have been an attempt to get George H.W. Bush to drop out, which would have opened up the primary field. Who knows if Senior had dropped out, maybe we wouldn't have had 8 years of Clinton.
He was on Tony Snow Today.
I would say that Allen is probably the most probably candidate to carry the Conservatives in the primaries and also be able to expand on that support in the general elections....
Allen/Watts
I concur.
If I can't have Rick Santorum, then I want Allen.
Well he was the last sitting Republican senator to be elected President of the United States. It happens about every century or two. George Allen may be a great guy but his chances of becoming President are not great.
Unless he is running against another senator, say from New York.
But in any case I would go with a Governor. A good strong conservative Republican Governor.
...and favors government measures to encourage the education of more engineers.
Apparently he swallows pro-outsourcing propaganda hook, line and sinker. Understandable if your perspective is entirely in Washington. He obviously cannot comprehend that no 'government measure' is going to encourage young Americans to enter a profession dominated by H1b's and outsourcing. Third World labor arbitrage has made an engineering degree for an American a license to starve.
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Don't worry: McCain is too old. He'll be 72 in 2008. And Hagel is a damned fool to think he's electable. Watch out for Frist if Bush gets his Supreme Court nominees through. Otherwise, it's normally governors. Look for Tim Pawlenty of MN, and Terry Sanford of SC. Gov. Bill Owens of CO is wounded by his divorce and the strong suggestion of adultery, but is still in it, also. Gov. Mitt Romney is trying to see if he can convince conservatives he's secretly pro-life while getting re-elected in pro-choice Massachusetts. Gov. Bob Ehrlich of Maryland may be a factor; he's pro-choice, but not pro-abortion; closer to Kay Bailey Hutchinson than Hillary Clinton.
I hope and pray that can isn't Skoal, or Hawken or Kodiak. We have enough weak Republicans. Please, some body confirm for me that he chews Copenhagen.
Allen is a former Governor of VA. I think that will work in his favor.
He's also someone whose been fighting the good fight in the Senate. What Will says about Allen's ability to meld both factions of the Republican Party together is important and indeed vital in '08. There's the wing that is very socially Conservative and that in many ways is where they derive their 'Conservatism' from. There's also the wing that are like myself, titling Libertarian.
Having everyone on our side on the same page, in full force in '08, would make for an unbeatable candidate, especially if he is running against "the old crow", I mean Hillary.
He will win - he will win on the issue of national health care. He is already trying to introduce it in Massachusetts.
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