“I’m not getting burned like that again.”
That’s all well and good. But why do I still think that someone like Fred Thompson or Huckabee will end up betraying your trust?
Huckabee is off the reservation on immigration, and Thompson has been a fierce foe of the tort reform. He is very much a lawyer, and has lobbied for Planned Parenthood.
When you find the perfect candidate, please tell me who it is.
I don’t see Duncan Hunter who I would prefer gaining any ground.
Rooty and Romney are unacceptable.
So, I think it will have to be either Thompson or Huckabee and that conservatives will have to impress upon them the reality that there will be severe consequences for betrayal (i.e. we would support a different nominee in 2012).