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Thank you, DBrow -- for doing something other than whining, "But he's only gone hunting twice!"

Me, I'm in a quandary. I know enough about McCain and Giuliani to know that either would be about the stoooopidist presidential nominee the Republicans could dish up. This crap about Hillary or Obama or Edwards or Gore being so difficult to beat is just crap -- they're hated, despised, loathed, scorned, by Regular Joe Democrats as well as Republicans. Hell, Republicans could nominate Yosemite Sam and he'd be the next president. McCain and Giuliani are about the only ones who could lose to what the Democrats have on the roster so far.

I don't know much about Romney except that he has carefully navigated the fence between liberalism and conservatism, he's a good businessman, and some who I really respect support him ... but as a Californian who has watched Arnold (never, ever trust an Austrian!!!) betray so much in fundamental conservative principals, I am leery of left-leaning Republicans more than ever -- they cannot be trusted.

I hear through the grapevine from a smart source that there are serious doubts as to the business acumen and ethics of Duncan Hunter, so I'm leery of him. Fred Thompson, if he is what he says he is, would be great, but there again -- what he says and what he DOES are two different things. I appreciate it when folks like you cite actions rather than a candidates words to show where a guy REALLY stands on the issues.

To me, being:
Pro second amendment
Pro national defense and offense
Pro tax cuts
Pro school choice
Pro business/anti big government
Anti legal-normalization-of-homosexuality in our culture
-- in that order of priority -- are the most important things in a candidate.

Abortion doesn't make the list because unlike all the issues above, it is not dependent on the Rule of Man, but on morality and values. Illegal immigration doesn't make the list because it is a result of a combination of over-regulation of business and government largesse; when we elect candidates with philosophies that will combat overregulation and government largesse, the illegal immigration problelm (which is a symptom, not a cause) will disappear.