Picking the President, Part Three

Adam's Web ^ | 10/09/2005 | Adam Graham

[samadams2000]

He could just stand there and utter.."The Presidents main job is to protect the sovereignty of the U.S." and "I am the most conservative candidate in the race"...and peel off 40-60% of the votes.

[Keyes2000mt]

There were four candidates mentioned, which "he" are you talking about?

[clawrence3]

Thanks for the series - I think the more conservative candidates are at the whim of events outside their control. More important will be abortion and the War on Terrorism. Who even knows who the VP will be in 2 years. Look for Tancredo's stock to rise if Gilchrist beats the establishment GOP candidate on that one issue out here - more so if the next terrorist attack came across the Mexican border - still I don't see a U.S. Rep advancing to the highest office in the land. Perhaps Governor first?

[samadams2000]

Tancredo....Im not saying he can win...just that maybe its time to send a message.

[RockinRight]

Mike Pence. He's Ronald Reagan with a little Tancredo thrown in for good measure.

[Keyes2000mt]

Bump.

[Yossarian]

I was initially on the George Allen bandwagon, but between his ambiguous abortion stance, his spending, and his vote for McCain's "Coddle the Terrorists" amendment, I've cooled off of him big-time.

I'm more than a bit worried looking at the GOP field as it currently stands. Does anyone have the lowdown on Bill Owens of Colorado? First of all, he's a Governor, which helps immensely in the race for the Presidency. And I understand that he's patched up things with his wife - which if true, and not just a PR charade, speaks well enough of the man.

We really need to form a breakaway group in the GOP, like a "Teddy Roosevelt" brigade, to 1) educate the public of the benefits of conservatism, and 2) hunt down the RINOs in our midst. Right now the party seems clogged full of 'em, and they impede the way to true progress & simpler government.

[Keyes2000mt]

Well, Governor Owens has disclaimed interest in a Presidential run. He's had some marriage problems caused in part by his governorship which have been happily resolved, but I doubt he has any interest at this point.

[JohnnyZ]

Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota

[Keyes2000mt]

See Part One. He signed on to a tax incease in Minnesota.

[Brimack34]

Pawlenty already split the base, Tax increase, ethenol increases, lite-rail, land grabs. J.D. Hayworth is my pick.

[Keyes2000mt]

I think we have to be willing to be non-traditional in our choice for President. Certainly, governors are preferred. The main Governor I'd have a preference for as President is Governor Sanford of South Carolina who has disclaimed interest in a presidential run.

House members, Senators, etc. have been elected President. Its just been a little while since its happen. The big challenge for Senators is the flip flop issues and the compromises that go on. If someone has been consistently Conservative and focused on doing the people's business, they can get around it.

[JohnnyZ]

See Part One. He signed on to a tax incease in Minnesota.

Oh for Pete sake. He's cut spending and only compromised on a tiny tax increase when the Democrats shut down the state government to force him to break his pledge.

Pawlenty has a great record on spending and taxes, guns and abortion.

[clawrence3]

The last Representative elected President was, what, 150 years ago?!

[jwh_Denver]

still I don't see a U.S. Rep advancing to the highest office in the land.

Maybe not, who knows.

Tancredo is a dyed in wool conservative, but he is not a one horse candidate at all. Subscribe to his newsletter and see what I mean.

http://tancredo.house.gov/

In the top right corner it says "Capitol Updates" and you can subscribe there. His ideas are brilliant.

[AmericanChef]

-Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota-

Gubnor Tim is too busy increasing taxes (er, um, FEES), teaching sports teams to hold taxpayers hostage and building casinos instead of a decent business climate. One of his first official acts in office was to grant benefits to same-sex "couples". He simply couldn't wait to do it.

[Keyes2000mt]

No, 128 years ago. James Garfield was a Congressman from Ohio who'd been designated Senator-elect by his state when he won the presidency.

[clawrence3]

You just beat me to it - obviously, Mr. Garfield did not work out so well at all ; )

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jg20.html

[JohnnyZ]

His signature achievement as governor was closing a $4.5 billion budget gap during the 2004-05 cycle, without raising taxes. In a sign of his dedication to taxpayers, he even used his 2004 State of the State speech to call for a constitutional amendment to limit the growth of overall state spending to population growth plus inflation. Prior to this special session, the governor continued his support of taxpayers by vetoing legislation that would have raised the state’s gas tax by 50 percent, from 20 to 30 cents per gallon.

http://www.nationalreview.com/nrof_comment/gessing200506070908.asp

The Democrats had him over a barrel and got a 75-cent cigarette tax increase out of him. The guy has laid it on the line for Minnesotans and ended up losing seats in the MN senate as a result. The Rats wanted to torpedo his presidential aspirations and knew they had nothing to lose by demanding billions in spending that the public wanted. You can play into their hands if you want to, but you're straining at the gnat.