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Here is a link to a speech Sen Allen gave in New Hampshire in June of 2005.

I don't think he was dull at all. I also liked what he said.

http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2008/allen062505spt.html

I particularly liked this: "I don't like meddling government, I don't like nanny government, I don't like a government pestering people; if they are not harming someone else, leave 'em alone."

This: "He said in this inaugural address that the sum of good government is a wise and frugal government which shall restrain men from injuring one another but otherwise leave them free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and that the government should not take from the mouths of labor the bread they have earned. I trust you agree that is still the sum of good government today. [applause]."

I also like everything he mentioned that was accomplished in VA under his watch as Governor. Particularly this: "For example, we said that if a mother has a-- a mother who is on welfare has another child while on welfare, we are not going to increase welfare benefits. The liberals said, oh my goodness, well who's going to take care and pay for that child. Our reaction was, well, how about the father. Oh what a novel idea. And [laughter, applause]. We also wanted to find out who that father was. Previously they said, oh they don't know who the father is. We said, no unless you identify who the father is, you're going to get zero. And it is amazing how many recollections were refreshed. [laughter]. .......And the way that we as Republicans, as common sense conservatives, look at welfare reform: it's not how many people are on welfare, but rather how many people are leading independent, self-reliant lives with families intact."

Sen Allen has my vote in the SC primary. Not just from the above; I realize that was only a speech given at a luncheon. But from what I've seen and heard in his recent appearances making the rounds on the news channels.

Sen McPain will NOT ever have my vote. Primary or otherewise.