[PerConPat]

A very Conservative Nominee cannot win Nationwide despite what we hear about Reagan and GWB...I really do not like it, but the electorate will not elect a socially Conservative, fiscally moderate Hunter, they only would if those views were turned around.

I cannot argue with the likelihood of this scenario. Of course, this leads directly to the unpleasant deduction that there may be no specific, Pub candidate with any chance of success. Will a large enough portion of the Conservative base swallow hard and vote for a Giuliani etc.? Will those with objections to a leader with strong religious ties go for a Huckabee etc.? I would say that we are quite possibly between the bull and the bees.

Until such time as a Pub candidate appears who more adequately stands for strong national security, of which border control etc. is a prime factor, and for moral standards which also make a nation secure- it's Hunter for me.

[rodguy911]

I for one am still waiting to hear directly from Rudy what he stands for on many issues.

[samantha]

I am giving JMHO based on everything I see and hear. That is fine to say he has the best ideas, etc, and I like him the best until someone better comes along. We have to then look ahead to after the Primaries, if we pick someone that the DBM can beat up as being a Radical right Winger we will go down in flames. I do not think he is, that is what Buchanan is, and he is to the left of Buchanan. I do not know if Rudy could get through the Primary, I know Mccain will not. We need to think long and hard, and look at all the angles. That is what I am trying to do.