Go back to kissing your hero Felix's ass, and get off mine. The National Journal rankings are ridiculously skewed. Orrin Hatch and Trent Lott scored as well or better than George Felix. And National Journal considers quite a few at best questionably conservative votes "conservative" in their survey, as well as having used the Brookings Institute to compile the votes.
For instance, NJ considered voting to put federal courts in charge of class action suits conservative. They considered voting against retaining the cap on U.S. contributions to U.N. peacekeeping operations to be conservative. Ditto confirming John Roberts. By that latter measure, 78 of 100% senators are conservative. They also mix in so many other judicial confirmation votes that the survey is certainly bilge.
Yet that's all you have to support Allen? How about these against him? He is for background checks at gun shows. He voted to maintain the offshoring tax subsidy. He voted for the Mikulski amendment to raise the H2-B numbers. He voted against the Sullivan amendment to force non-citizens to register during entry and exit from the U.S. He voted FOR the Kennedy amnesty amendment in 2005--TWICE.
And most important, while Governor, he supported the asinine Clinton-Feinstein gun ban. He oozes closet gun grabber, frankly, and I don't trust him any more than I trust Hillary. And I wouldn't vote for her, contrary to your childish comment otherwise. And the more I learn about Allen, the more I think he's everything the CFR would look for in a President, and the less I think I'd vote for him.
But still, I'd CONSIDER Allen if he'd come out strongly as I suggested above in favor of border control.
Allen is pro low taxes, and permanent tax cuts.
He's pro strong military defense.
He's pro family.
He's for responsible gun ownership.
And he can win.
Not a bad beginning, considering no one else can.
Now, that's FUNNY!
To see "closet gun grabber" whispered about Allen means someone is losing their mind... probably McCain since he has so short a way to go.
Haven't paid much attention to the immigration debate in the Senate since it's all so fluid. The few Allen statements I've seen seem in line with the Kyl plan (they have to go back and reenter legally and there's some "guest worker" plan or something like that ).
What will count is what comes out of conference with the House- if anything.
More details please. What gun ban are you speaking of?
As Governor he als signed Virgina's Concealed Carry law.