” Well......If Voinovich thinks he has the answers then maybe he should be running for President.
And the candidate we need to run in 2012 is Haley Barbour “
There’s your problem — any party that contains Voinovich *and* Barbour is not a party - it’s a mish-mash...
“The Big Tent” is a false goal — it demands that Principle be abandoned in favor of pandering, and that eliminates any credibility as ‘the party of grownups’......
No....actually, it is because that Voinovich is a holdover from the old GOP. Most Southern Republicans were Democrats 20-30 years ago.
I actually think Voinovich could run a compelling campaign and given his executive experience would be a great counterweight to Obama but his whole “bashing the South” phase will knock him down a few points
And as for Barbour. People seem to forget that
1. Barbour is actually a moderate conservative socially. He holds the positions but he doesn’t scare people off with his rhetoric
2. Very competent governor. Did a very good job with Katrina (and as a sidebar, everyone who worked with Barbour’s office after Katrina loved doing so)
3. He has a detailed knowledge of every district in the country and of many precincts in the country. That is the kind of knowledge you need if you’re going to win the White House.