Posted on 01/22/2008 8:38:59 PM PST by neverdem
I just lost my reason for changing my registration from Conservative to the GOP in New York. My pick in that poll was none of the above. Slightly more than half on this forum prefers Romney as I write this.
I don't know why Fred didn't get more support, but when he got a little more than half of the support of Mike Huckabee in the South Carolina, that told Fred something. Huckabee was his main rival for the social conservative vote. I don't know what those folks in South Carolina were thinking when they voted for Huckabee, but a candidate who proposes to ban tobacco smoking and who criticizes the present administration for being too bellicose is not credible, IMHO, not to mention his otherwise populist politics.
When it comes to the general election, I'll most likely support the GOP's nominee, but if it is Romney, I won't be surprised if a lot of the "base" stays home. Some will stay home because of his religion. That's probably the worst reason not to vote for him, IMHO. Debra J. Saunders wrote today in the San Francisco Chronicle: "But don't tell me Romney is the true conservative in the race. His record reveals a solid conservative - when it has been in his interest to be one." Suffice it to say, the author barely starts to criticize Romney for all of the changes in his political positions over various social issues over the years. Should Romney win the nomination and in November, I expect as many disappointments as the current occupant of the White House.
I don't have to mention the other RINOs that are left in more ways than one. How did we get to this point where we are left with such a bunch of dismal RINOs? I don't know. The drive by media didn't help. But that is beside the point. The point is what do we do now. I say vote in the remaining primaries in a way so that we get a brokered convention. Considering what we are left with now, how could we do any worse?
Some might fear a brokered convention. I fear muddling along with any of these RINOs. David Freddoso wrote last month in National Review Online: "A brokered convention would allow for an airing of grievances for a party that has to decide its direction after a major loss." November 2006 was such a loss. Conservatives and small 'l' libertarians have just had another loss in this GOP primary season. A brokered convention could result in having a nominee we want to vote for, as opposed to voting against whoever the donkey is, after they have a nasty primary battle, or Bloomberg who's shaping up as the serious third party nominee. The left are eating their own. Fierce fighting over the minority vote may be the real surprise of the '08 Democratic race, with many blacks gravitating to Sen. Barack Obama and Hispanics to Sen. Hillary Clinton.
A brokered convention could take advantage of another fracture in the donkeys and appeal to a great many folks sick of endless illegal immigration while our entitlement and social programs are undermining our finances. Another third party effort from the right, e.g. Constitution Party, would be courting disaster even if Bloomberg draws votes only from the left and center, IMHO.
Or not. Everybody seems to think that Romney, McCain, and Huckabee would go into the brokered convention as the leaders and Thompson would pop out the other end as nominee. That's ridiculous.
And I accept that such a Republican administration might be very imperfect, yet would be better than the alternative.
I have never had a favorite, and should it come to a “brokered” convention, rest assured those making the deals and tradeoffs will be seeking the best chance to win the election.
And that should be the highest priority, for it best advances conservatism, however imperfectly and incompletely
Sound logic and reasoning.
It flies in the face of what I've seen in the crybaby and loudmouth postings on FR lately.
- John
Which judges?
And what percentage of the all his judge appointments were those particular judges?
My point being, of course, that there is always a disappointment in the bunch when someone makes a lot of appointments.
Human beings make dumb decisions occasionally.
Look at Ronald Reagan's appointment of Sandra Day O'Connor.
Was SHE a rock solid take-no-prisoners conservative Judge??
Nope. She sided with the liberals to enact some of the worst decisions of the last half of the 20th century.
That's an unwarranted assumption. I'm just asking for someone different from the four RINOs. Tom Coburn would do fine by me. I can't believe the GOP can't generate a single genuine conservative.
If 4 RINOs go into the convention with all the delegates then you can count one of them being the nominee. You're not going to have all 4 walking out with nothing. Brokered convention or no, I've got a better chance of snagging the nomination than Ron Paul does.
prepare for the Mittmormaniacs to come a’callin....
So Romney has double the delagates McCain does and Rasmussen has Romney up by 5. And you’re going to proclaim McCain the front runner by some poll that has McCain up by 2?
“Draft Coburn instead!”
I would vote for Coburn.
Tough. No BS. Principled.
A brokered convention would be infinitely informative. We’d discover the true Republican Party position on the issues according to the selection that would come out of a brokered convention.
I say, bring it on.
It’s a brokered convention which is the best possibility. None of the candidates currently in the running are very inspiring.
I think that’s right. But for that to happen, no one must win a majority on the first ballot.
So if Rudy Giuliani were to win the Florida primary, it would keep the Republican field from settling on a front-runner. If McCain or Romney wins the Florida primary, they will be closer to a first-ballot victory.
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If its brokured, go with Gov Mark Sanford- SC??
I’m not seeing any real support for the mayor wwnbn.
What’s wwnbn?
“Question will be, which way will Huckabee’s Evangelicals break?”
They’ll probably vote Dem. ;)
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/229/story_22903_1.html
For Huckabee -- especially in the South -- including Florida.
“What’s wwnbn?”
who will not be named
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