Elsewhere on our site, I espy "Dark Horse" activity. It concerns running a top general as a surprise candidate. Any thoughts?
Ron Paul? Even Duncan Hunter, whom I really could support, by the way; they strike me as too bland. They are ideologically sound, I suppose, but where's the pepper?
This race is about national security, absolutely No.1. That's what we should be punching on, right now through Nov '08. Force the Democrats to fight on our ground, not go chasing them around on "social" and woman's issues.
Every time I take one of those little test that are suppose to help you find out what candidate is the best fit for you I come up with Duncan Hunter. I like Duncan Hunter. I like him a lot. But he not only has no real organization but like you say he does lack pepper. Hell...he lacks salt!
I'm supporting Fred but if Duncan ends up as VP or in a security spot on the cabinet it would be a wonderful thing.
Landon proved to be an ineffective campaigner who rarely traveled to make appearances. Most of the attacks on FDR and social security during the 1936 election were developed by Republican campaigners rather than Landon himself. In the two months after his nomination he made no campaign appearances. As columnist Westbrook Pegler lampooned, “Considerable mystery surrounds the disappearance of Alfred M. Landon of Topeka, Kansas.... The Missing Persons Bureau has sent out an alarm bulletin bearing Mr. Landon’s photograph and other particulars, and anyone having information of his whereabouts is asked to communicate direct with the Republican National Committee.” [Time, Aug. 31, 1936]
Landon grew up here in Ohio.