[2ndDivisionVet]

Written by the DLC, as I see it. We have a lot more conservatives to draw on than Mr. Morris thinks. Mississippi Governor Hailey Barbour, General Tommy Franks, Congressmen Duncan Hunter and Tom Tancredo, just to name a few...

[Mr. K]

I am very afraid the next pres. election will be McCain/Guliani... instead of a ticket that could actually win- like Rice/

[mainepatsfan]

It's going to be a fascinating primary process.

[Buck W.]

Giuliani/Franks is an interesting ticket.

[Man50D]

For the centrists within the party,

Translation for "Centrists" is Socialist leaning RINOs.

[ContemptofCourt]

Just a guess, here, but if Tancredo runs, I'm gonna say he has a hard time capturing FL....kinda a big deal, no?

[Cicero]

Tommy Franks I would love. But what are the chances?

I can't remember the last time I agreed with Dick Morris, but he's right about this. We need a candidate who is a strong conservative, both social and fiscal. We also need a candidate with a strong appeal who can get elected. He needs to appeal to the voters over the heads of the media, who will do everything to destroy him.

There's the rub. I don't see anyone like that. Reagan could deal with the media, but he was one of a kind. I think we need to control illegal immigration and roll it back, but Tancredo is unelectable. If we ran him, it would only backfire and make things worse.

[dead]

Dick Morris licking the bottom of the toe.

[salorama]

Sonny Perdue (Georgia Governor). As a Georgia resident, I would vote for him for any office. He did what he said he would do.

[sheana]

re: Mike Huckabee

"compassionate Christian conservative as well."

No more compassionate conservatives..........please!

[tumblindice]

Dick's Song

Here come old flat top
He come grooving up slowly
He got joo joo eyeball
He one holy roller
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker
He just do what he please.

He wear no shoe shine
He got toe jam football .....

(Mmmmmm....toe-jam!)

[Lurking Libertarian]

Tom Tancredo, just to name a few

With his stupid comments about Miami earlier this week, Tancredo cannot carry Florida. And Republicans need Florida's electoral votes to win a Presidential election.

[MikeA]

Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is looking more and more attractive given the paucity of the field...His state is a defect and he's the world's worst fundraiser, but the right could seek him out. He's lost 100 pounds, so he really must want the job.

If this is all conservatives are willing to be satisfied with to run for the GOP and not be a little pragmatic to go with a more marketable candidate, then it's going to be President Hillary Clinton and Vice President Barak Obama come January 20, 2009. We need to stop being so unbending and unwilling to accept less than a full plate in our candidates or we're going to be spending a long, long time in the political wildnerness as a party. Frankly it should be completely unacceptable to any thinking conservative to run a nobody like Gov. Huckabee (who with a name like that just sounds like a good ole boy) against a field of superstar Democratic contenders. Like it or not, it's wise up and be a little compromising or we've got Hillary Clinton for 8.

[JamesP81]

I'd put Mitch McConnell forward, with the caveat that he's probably too soft spoken to make a forceful debater.

[tiger-one]

Your list sounds like mine...great post

[Sybeck1]

Fred Thompson

[kjo]

Barbour's too chubby for tv. Tancredo and Hunter are House members. Last House member to jump directly to the White House was James Garfield. Allen was a possibility until the media ran Macaccagate 24/7 for a month. Frist is out. That leaves...McLame, Rudy G., and Romney (a Mormon, the MSM would destroy him).

Folks, it's beginning to look a lot like Hillary/Obama.

Me? I'm headed to Bolivia, I'm gonna join Butch and Sundance and stickup banks.

[Night Hides Not]

If he wasn't a Texan, John Cornyn would be a good choice. Without being demonstrative, he's got a spine when dealing with Democrats.

I'm still holding out for Cheney...

[twonie]

OK, let's take up a collection and send Dick Morris on a trip somewhere. Anywhere. Do people actually publish his stuff? I know he appears on O'Reilly and Hannity sometimes. Why, I don't know. He is a smirky creep with all the wrong opinions. There! I said it.

[rottndog]

I nominate Fred Thompson:

Some info on Fred Thompson:

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000457

http://www.savethegop.com/archives/2005/07/25/fred-thompson-for-president/

http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Fred_Thompson.htm


I would vote for him for President in a second. I think he could run the table during the primaries, and wipe the floor with whatever lame Dumbocrat runs against him.

He has lots of pluses, and no negatives that I can think of. And, he has the most important asset--he is very likable.

[PhilCollins]

Sen. Allen is still considering running for President, and he's conservative. He would probably have a better chance of winning as an ex-senator. Five former senators were elected President, and only two senators were elected President while they were in the Senate.

Sen. McCain is conservative. Here are a few of his 2005 ratings from interest groups: American Conservative Union, 83%; National Right to Life Committee, 82%; and ACLU, 20%. I am very conservative, and I disagree with him about illegal aliens and campaign finance reform. The above ratings prove that he usually votes conservatively.