What do you think of George Allen or Bill Owens? If I were voting tomorrow, I might pick one of them as my first choice. I'm wondering whether J.C. Watts will ever come back to national politics. I still think he'd be a good candidate someday although I'm not familiar with his stand on every issue. I can't say that I'm enthusiastic about any of these candidates, but I'm still looking at the field. Of the Republican left, Guiliani, McCain, Hagel, and Romney, I think Governor Romney is the least of four evils. A good thing about his being in the race is that he'd split votes from the other four.
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Owens totally boomeranged in Colorado. Got off to a fast start, some good wins, good legislation, then started going leftward, lost the whole legislature to the Dems and couldn't hold the Senate seat because he was busy patching up the marriage he broke.
Now he's limping along "cooperating" with the Dems. Pretty sad state of affairs.
Allen could be good. He's tantalizingly close. He's about 90% right on everything. On abortion, for example, he has a great pro-life voting record, pro-life groups in Virginia love him ... but he believes life begins with brainwave activity so he doesn't oppose early-term abortions. He's got a good appearance, great personal manner and very good political skills .... but he overuses football metaphors and chews tobacco, which most people think is just nasty. He's a good one to keep an eye on, and an excellent fall-back candidate, but I'm not sure exactly who he'll excite.