Allen Remembers the Birthday of President Reagan
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator George Allen (R-VA) this week spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate to honor the 95th Anniversary of the birth of President Ronald Reagan
22% Allen
20% McCain
19% Giuliani
18% Rice
11% Allen, Frist, McCain
4% Owens, Romney, Santorum
5% Gingrich
2% Pataki
1% Hagel, Huckabee, Pawlenty, Santorum
0% Barbour
Disappointed that McPain did as well as he did.
Woohooooo! Allen(conservative) 22% McCain (puffed up RINO)20%
Allen Remembers the Birthday of President Reagan
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator George Allen (R-VA) this week spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate to honor the 95th Anniversary of the birth of President Ronald Reagan
WooHoo!
I like Allen. I also like Sen Cornan(sp) from Texas. He seems like a real sharp guy.
This will be looked back at as the Wright brothers first flight. It wasn't loong but it got things started. George Allen is the next POTUS. If he selects Ken Blackwell he will do damage to the rat that he won't soon recover from.
He will jack his Black vote up to 18% or more. That will knock the rat's lights out.
Interestingly, about 80-90% of the participants were in the 18-20something demographic. (I am sorry, but I did not write down the exact numbers). This was most likely driven by two factors: 1) A large percentage, possibly a majority of CPAC attendees were college republicans and 2) the older participants may have been less likely to seek out the terminals for the straw poll to participate (myself among them!) The implication of all this, however, is that the straw poll should not be construed as representative of the overall conservative movement, but rather as representative of the youngest generation in the conservative movement. I personally doubt that McCain would have done as well had the poll included a higher percentage of 30-60 somethings.
What are your views on illegal immigration?
"This issue must finally be addressed - it is undermining our security and the rule of law. First and foremost, we must secure our borders. Finally, this is being done. We need more personnel and more detention centers. Catch and release doesn't work. We need to invest in technology, heat sensors and a virtual fence, unmanned drones that can patrol the border and use infra-red sensors to detect people crossing at night.
We should not reward illegal behavior through amnesty. This will only beget more criminal behavior.
We must reform legal immigration. We need a guest worker program to fill the needs of employers. The guest workers must be checked out and have background checks, so we know they aren't terrorists or criminals.
We also need to expand seasonal visas for people who come just to work and not to live here. We also need to make it easier for people who come here legally to become citizens."
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not surprised ... Allen is made of the "stuff" that Republicans and Americans, generally, like in our national leader. Name recongnition, his alleged weakness, will come in time ... let's get him past the Senate race in '06 and see how he does on the stump ... having watched his run for gov, I'd say he'll have a leg up on his competition.
It's Allen vs Hillary or Allen vs Warner. Allen to win either but of course will be much closer and tougher with Warner.
22% Allen
20% McCain
19% Giuliani
I can understand the first two on this list. The third choice is baffling. Looks like some liberals made it into the CPAC gathering and skewed the voting.
We're in DEEP, DEEP trouble if it's Allen in 2008.
Allen/Rudy. My bet is that that will be the ticket.
I saw him on on of the Sunday shows a year ago. Slightly confused, slightly inarticulate and slightly nervous. An easy steamroll for the MSM and dems. Maybe he got smarter, less nervous and took speech lessons.
I think we need to help Santorum win re-election to the Senate. He would be a great presidential candidate.
Here's the full results.
George Allen: 22%
John McCain: 20%
Rudy Giuliani: 12%
Condoleezza Rice: 10%
Bill Frist: 6%
Tom Tancredo: 5%
Mitt Romney: 5%
Newt Gingrich: 5%
Rick Santorum: 3%
George Pataki: 3%
Undecided: 4%