Giuliani....Yes, he should beat Hillary... for the SENATE in 2006! Too liberal to be nominated nationwide.
Condi... Good SOS, but being pro-abort and pro-illegal aliens makes her lousy presidential material.
Ugh...if the best we can do is the three "front-runners" I opt for none of the above.
Alot of freepers have gone ga-ga over George Allen too. George is a good guy but should stick to doing his job as Senator, and Virgina Republicans should try to figure out to take control of their own "conservative" state before touting their guys for the white house. As it stands, running a U.S. Senator from an average sized "safe" GOP state is Barry Goldwater/Bob Dole redux. We barely won the last two elections running a "compassionate conservative" Governor, running a Senator from GOP, Inc. just eggs on the Dems to run Mark Warner and cancel out all our support. Ditto with Mike Pence. Good guy, good congressman, and he should try for a statewide office before taking a stab at the highest office in the land.
There is no clear leader in the field as of right now. Someone needs to step out there and fill a void. My recommendations:
FOR PRESIDENT
Tim Pawlenty
Governor of Minnesota
Timothy Pawlenty is the 39th and current Governor of Minnesota, and started his term on January 6, 2003. His wife, Mary Pawlenty, is a district judge in Dakota County. Although Pawlenty was raised as a Roman Catholic, he converted to Protestantism as an adult. Pawlenty earned his undergraduate and law degrees at the University of Minnesota. He served Minnesotas first as a prosecutor and then as Eagan City Council member. Pawlenty served 10 years in the Minnesota House of Representatives, including four as House Majority Leader In 1994, Pawlenty was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives, where in 1999, he was elevated by his collengues to the position of Majority Leader when Republicans gained control of the House in 1999. As Majority Leader, Pawlenty was instrumental in pushing through the package of Governor Jesse Ventura's tax cuts. Tim Pawlenty had originally planned to seek the US Senate seat in 2002. However, this plan was derailed by a stern message from Vice President Dick Cheney, who asked him to step aside to allow Norm Coleman to challenge Paul Wellstone without primary opposition. Coleman went on to win the nomination and election. Pawlenty then decided to run for governor, which he explained was the job he always wanted. He campaigned on a pledge not to raise taxes to balance the state's budget deficit. He also supported requiring visa expiration dates on driver's licenses, a 24 hour waiting period on abortions, implementing the state's conceal-carry gun law and changing the state's education requirements. He was elected Governor of Minnesota in 2002, with the state facing an historic $4.5 billion budget deficit. Just months later, the Legislature adopted Pawlenty's plan to eliminate the deficit without raising taxes or cutting funding for K-12 classrooms. In addition to balancing the budget, Governor Pawlenty fought for and passed a dramatic overhaul of the state's education standards, significant welfare reform, lawsuit reform, a range of new government efficiency initiatives, and passed the largest transportation package in modern history. Pawlenty has also outlined an aggressive agenda, including a nation-leading effort to make affordable prescription medicine available to citizens.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
Tom Tancredo
Congressman from Colorado
Thomas Gerard "Tom" Tancredo has been a U.S. Congressman since 1999, representing the 6th District of Colorado. He has been known for his outspoken leadership and independacne in immigration reform and home schooling. Tom Tancredo was born in Denver. He graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a degree in political science. In 1976, while teaching history at Drake Junior High School in Denver, he took up a bluff by his students to run for office if volunteered for his campaign. Tancredo ran for a seat in the Colorado House of Representatives and won. He served two terms, and was one of the ringleaders of a group of conservative Republican legislators that was onced called "House crazies" by Governor Dick Lamm for their committment to a balenced budget. Despite that comment, Lamm now shares Tancredo's passionate interest in immigration matters, and has frequently appeared with Tancredo to speak against current immigration policy. President Ronald Reagan appointed Tancredo as regional representative for the Department of Education. He stayed on through the first Bush administration, paring the office's staff to 60 employees, down from 225 when he arrived. In 1993, he became president of the Independence Institute, a conservative think tank based in Golden, Colorado, serving there until his election to Congress. In 1998, Tancredo won both the primary and general elction to succeed Congressman Dan Schaefer becoming only the second person to represent the 6th District since its creation in 1983. In May 1999, Tancredo founded the House Immigration Reform Caucus. He still serves as its chairman. This caucus focuses on reviewing immigration policy and implementing significant reforms that have been overlooked by the federal government. Tancredo founded a political action committee named Team America, and continues to work strongly for its goals, though he had to resign as Chairman after founding it due to in order to collect contributions for immigration-restrictionist inclined congressional representatives and candidates to a campaign finance law.