[familyop]

"Stop it now! ;-) You are tempting me (to vote FOR him)!"

:-)

I'm fine with our different interests. More information to help us make our various choices is a good thing, IMO. My personal choice of Hunter over Thompson is based mostly on defense experience, knowledge and motivation considerations.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Currently I am more in the Duncan Hunter column than the Fred Thompson column with a possible "throw-away vote" for Thomas Tancredo just on principle (his is an absolute dead- end GOP candidacy with Third-Party Run inklings, however with one of the most resonant messages for me personally).

Invariably, I have been whittling it down to a science and I will make a final judgement once the big man gets into the battle, and equally joins as a debate participant. It will probably take one or two debates for me to decide...plus a search of who is funding or advising the two candidates, since that would tend to show where they will end up in policy if actually elected president.

I have been a witness to too many GOP elections where what they said in the Primary, or even the General, was then abrogated by their service in office. No tricks this time!

For me, Giuliani, Tommy Thompson, Brownback, Paul, McCain and probably Romney are COMPLETELY OUT.