[Corin Stormhands]

I think Allen was pretty tight with the money as governor.

Very much so.

[NeoCaveman]

That's what I like to hear. This spending like drunken Democrats has to stop.

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

I went with Allen because of all the people in the current field, he seems like the most viable conservative. Tancredo is a one-trick pony, and Newt's negatives just can't be overcome, unless Maxine Waters is the RAT nominee. Slapping Chuck Hagel around on Sunday also sent Allen's stock way up in my book.

As for the others, they're all deluding themselves if they think they can win the nomination. McCain and Hagel have already alienated the base, Rudy's too liberal, and Frist is just too milquetoast to fire up primary voters. Pataki will mount his 3Q campaign: The Quadrennial Quixotic Quest to be the Veep, and will once again fall flat on his face. As for Mitt Romney, I've heard good things about him, but I think being governor of Taxachusetts will kill him with GOP voters.

So that leaves Allen. Now, if Dick Cheney decides to run, all bets are off. ;^)

[Dan from Michigan]

Very much so.

I'm glad to see that. I've had it up to here with the spending in DC by all branches of the federal government. I'll be doing my part to send one of them (Stabenow) home in 2006.