Posted on 01/31/2008 5:27:28 AM PST by pissant
Reagan carried the youth vote. There was an army of us twenty-somethings in 1980 who became life long conservatives because of RR. We are not the WWII generation. However, we remain faithful.
They might have a problem with how things are going in November. A lot of folks (maybe me too, we’ll see) might not bother to make the effort on election day. I see so little difference between McCain and Hillary when it comes to policies that it’s tempting to just spend that day watching an old Ronald Reagan movie.
What hurt conservative, GOP candidates the most... was Huckabee and the Evangelical vote. Too many of them vote with their emotions... and not their brains.
I've been saying the same thing. The nomination process has been hijacked. Non-Republicans got to pick the GOP nominee.
RICK SANTORIM
I don't know if he has the name recognition outside of the North East. However, you won't find a better conservative. And he would make an excellent candidate. He has passion energy and youth.
You must live in NH or Iowa. Personally, I’d like to have a say in who are choices are going to be. Building a following slowly? Sure, and fine lot of good THAT did—the best candidates are STILL not on the ballot.
Bingo
It’s time for the nuclear option — its time for the GOP to front-load the whole freaking process into one date. Make every state vote on exactly the same day.
The time to make this process change is at the nominating comvention this fall. That is when the process for the 2012 primary will be adopted. But I don’t see that as likely this fall.
Aw, c'mon...go vote and pretend that it counts. Besides you can get one of those cute stickers ("I Voted")that says you tried.
All the more reason to boot current RNC leadership. They still call me with their hands out, and I tell them after they get their crap together and start enforcing the laws on illegals, stop spending money like drunken sailors, and LISTEN to what the American people want and DO IT, then they’ll get my money. Until then, I support individual candidates, not the party.
This the evil spawn of McCain Feingold. Restricting the free speech of the people elevates the power of the press. That is why nearly all of the big candidates announced their candidacy over some sort of popular media. It is no wonder that the MSM played the largest role in selecting our candidate.
But you gotta admit he nailed it when he said NH is a suburb of Boston...at least the Seacoast sure as hell is.
I believe that this is completely correct. Maybe it is time to re examine what remains of the coalition. I think what could work is fiscal conservatism, strong national defense and a libertarian approach to social issues. A smaller, less intrusive government would work out best for "the evangelicals," even if they can't see that for themselves. The pandering that the party has done to the evangelicals has come home to roost. They have wagged the dog.
Utter Nonsense.
It’s the state themselves that set primary dates. Not the RNC. The RNC did try to hold back the flood of early primaries, but Michigan and Florida went early anyway. So much for the “control” of the RNC.
As for McCain, for media-hating conservatives the denizens of this site sure take the statements of the MSM as gospel.
John McCain has about 100 delegates. Over 1000 are needed to win. So the nomination will be decided by voters in the next 44 states.
Super Tuesday is not going to end the election. Therefore voters in states that come after Super Tuesday will have a very large role in picking the Republican nominee.
The facts are that McCain is doing better in lots of states. He’s doing better in the Northeast - in N.J., New York and Connecticut. And Huckabee is doing well in the Bible belt: he’s a little ahead in Missouri. Arkansas is his home state, but also doing well in Georgia.
We’ve got a tight 3 way race. Whoever wins it is likely that 2/3 of Republicans won’t have supported him. That’s the nature of 3 way races.
This is actually going to be one of the MOST INCLUSIVE GOP PRIMARY SEASONS ON RECORD.
By contrast the 2000 season was pretty much over after South Carolina. This may well go past Super Tuesday! (And even if it only gets to Super Tuesday that’s over 1/2 the states have had their say before an obvious delegate leader emerged.
Anybody wishing that Gingrich would jump in??
Kinda ambivalent about it myself
If you plan was successfully implemented, it would be well worth it becuase the bucket contents will be thereafter served as a meal.
He’s a likeable guy, but in my opinion, completely wrong for President. Give him a late night talk show, where he can be clever, folksy, and as liberal as he wants.
Glad I'm not the only one.
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