On the plus side, he has one thing that I haven’t seen from any of the other candidates: optimism.”
Correct.
And the wailing here saying that “we’re all doooomed!” shows that in a sense, true, we AREN’T the party of Reagan. That’s not b/c a conservative like Thompson got beat. It’s b/c we are a party of cry babies who latch our fortunes to one man who never smiles. good grief. We aren’t doomed. If Reagan were here, he would tell us the same thing. And then he would turn around and campaign for McCain in the general, if Romney loses.
So, do we want to be the party of Reagan? Or not?
Well, to be honest, I was never really fully on board with Fred Thompson, because I recognized that he was nearly as flawed as the other big name candidates. He was better...but not by all that much.
So, this isn't a huge problem for me. I still don't know who to support, but Romney is a little better than McCain, Giuliani or Huckabee, IMO, if only for the optimism.
I really wish we weren't in this situation, but we are, so it's time to decide.