I don't get why so many conservatives are attracted to Giuliani. Is our bench THAT pathetically shallow?
Because, conservatives are being told that is who they need to vote for, by leftists. Once again, we need to vote conservative, not electability.
The pendulum has started swinging back to the left.
Independents are turning their backs on conservatism and it will take someone like Arnold to win on a national level.
The bench is horrible! I posted a long comment about that which is at the end of a long, long thread. I have done a ton of research on various candidates since the election. We have done NOTHING to groom any Conservative to run this time since the 2006 election took out Allen, Santorum and Frist for starters.
We have very few candidates with a spine, we have candidates that pander knowing full well they cannot deliver, most of our candidates are not energizing and are just plain dull when they speak. Went through the whole list of why most cannot win and if they did, why they probably would not have the backbone to do a good job as President.
We have lost governership after governership the last few elections and what is left would not make a good candidate. I have looked at every conservative I could think of and cannot come up with one that could win. I have asked on here and you get the answers of people who are running.
I was supporting George Allen until he lost and you will find a lot of us on here that also supported Allen. Other then Rudy, George Allen is the only one of the current candidates including Newt the non-candidate who speaks and you listen. I have eaten enough dinners with louzy food and been almost put to sleep by the rest. Was not impressed with Newt's speech as he reached out to be bi-partisan.
Love Senator Inhofe but no way he would run. We just don't have a bench of conservatives to run IMHO. I finally decided to go to Rudy because at least you know what he stands for and he sure doesn't pander. He stands the best chance IMO of beating Hillary -- in fact, he stands the bet chance of grinding her into the ground with a landslide of votes as he reaches out to a wide spectrum of voters.
It is going to take a ton of money to run this time as almost all the primaries have or are moving into February instead of May/June like in 2000 so 3-4 months have been lopped off the primary schedule. Most of Bush's money people are going to Rudy including some of his best fundraisers. Getting Rich Goeas and the Tarrance Group was a coup. Person after person I know that have gone to Rudy are good conservatives that understand the WOT has to be the #1 priority in this election and we cannot allow Ms. Clinton/Obama/Edwards near the WH.
You need a lot of money and a crack campaign team with a 50-state strategy and Rudy has done just that. It has been put together in short order but he has the best and brightest of the GOP political people working for him IMHO.
My two cents!
We have a great big country with tons of outstanding people of conservative persuasion and Rudy is the leading pub candidate? Says a lot about the Republican party, but look on the bright side he makes almost everyone else look conservative by comparison.
Hoping he doesn't make the US a sanctuary country.