[davidosborne]

Ron Paul’s “anti-war” views have made him unacceptable as a GOP nominee. I CONCUR

The libertarian view that the government should be doing less and spending less is absolutely correct though. I MOSTLY CONCUR - I am still pro war on drugs

The GOP must become a party that makes “conservative” a verb instead of a noun. I CONCUR

Its time to stop calling ourselves “conservatives” and start acting as “conservatives.” I CONCUR

And I define conservative action as focusing government on basics like national defense and border security. I CONCUR

The other programs must be revisisted. We must dismantle the idols of the Great Society and the New Deal.

I CONCUR

May I introduce you to Duncan Hunter?

[Nextrush]

We need to start considering the options at this point.

I am not committed, but John McCain and Ron Paul are the first candidates I have ruled out.

To defeat leading candidates with a real conservative may require some sort of tactical voting depending on what state we are in.

We have to defeat the Romney’s and Giuliani’s with the candidate who has the best chance of beating them depending on which state we live in.

There has to be a splitting of the vote with no clear winner early on.

We must act according to conscience and not be swayed by pundits and media hype.

The conservative vote is split ten different ways right now and it must unite to defeat the more liberal candidates.

Duncan Hunter did pretty poor in that Iowa poll, but if I lived in the West I would have to consider voting for him.

In California, I would vote for him right now as part of this strategy.

Tancredo is in this thing (He did well in the Iowa poll) and will split support especially in places like Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.

If I lived in Colorado I would think Tancredo would have strong support and would probably have to strongly consider him.

Fred Thompson was a Washington lobbyist for around 20 years and is all image and no substance. Ronald Reagan was an actor who actually read conservative books and magazines.

Heck, I could vote for Thompson or Gingrich, but Newt is the more conservative of the two with real ideas in his head.

What makes Romney’s Huckabee’s and Giuliani’s attractive is that they aren’t Washington politicians.

The “real conservatives” happen to have Washington political titles and that’s what hurts them.