Posted on 01/11/2010 11:04:19 AM PST by St. Louis Conservative
State Sen Kim Hendren
State Sen Gilbert Baker
Tom Cox
Businessman Curtis Coleman
Out of these folks, who are the conservatives? Who can most easily defeat Lincoln in the general election?
Arkansas FReepers please weigh in here.
Strike RINOs first. Then we can think about the Canidates.
We don't have any conservatives that I have seen or heard or even heard rumors. As far as I am concerned, I vote for who ever is not in office at the present time, preferably with a "R", but that can be problematic because they are all democrats.
Kim Hendren is already toast because of some perceived anti-Semitic remarks about Schumer. He has clinical foot in mouth disease and should probably retire.
Baker seems pretty consistent on Conservative issues. Nothing jumps out either way. Seems to be a career politician.
Cox seems pretty impressive, to the Right of Baker in issues like defense (maybe just his bluntness), however, concerned about some of his Health Care approaches (wants the feds to work with private insurance to create a guaranteed purchase policy).
I haven’t looked much at Coleman but scanning his issues page, he reads like a FReeper. However, he has many issues not listed that are important for a Senator such as Defense. He definitely looks like the best regarding Health Care.
It's the way things are here and it's actually worsened because the Arkansas Republican party has all but disappeared and frankly speaking, I have not seen them in the southeast part of the state in 15 years or more.
Do you know his defense/WOT position. That seemed to be the major area not covered on his issues page.
What about Conrad Reynolds? Called me the other night and seems to fit the bill. Retired veteran and businessman.
Curtis Colman is a Freeper’s Freeper. He’s very conservative, is not tainted by past politics and understands the plight of business in today’s environment. After spending 33 years in the Army, I can vouch for his total support for the military and our nation’s defense. Curtis is not out for himself, but for “us” and the USA.
I believe Baker is the leading candidate.
Coleman has three outstanding advisors for the area of Defense. One was the G2 (two star) for “Stormin’ Norman†during Desert Storm - brilliant guy .. this man also served as a Military Attache in China - so he knows all the history and activities and policy issues in the Middle East as well as most of Asia. Another was also a two star and dealt extensively in Europe and was head of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). The third was a Col that was Dean of the War College and was heavily involved in Kosovo. I suspect Coleman will have a very comprehensive understanding of the issues and pitfalls of not only the Defense Department and related Intel Agencies (from the US perspective) but also a clear understanding of what policies the US might need to have with regard to Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, North Korea, China, and Japan. I know that he has been working with them to develop some position papers - so I would expect you will see some come out soon on his web site.
Blanche is history. Bet the farm on it.
You are right about the GOP. They won't set foot here, and I'm not doing their work for them. I am not that much of a idiot. Sometimes the candidate will stop by, but without the advance set up needed for a good crowd, the visits have no effect at all. Nobody even knows they were here.
What I'd like to see is the AR GOP. There was a time when the GOP or some GOP candidate would open up a temporary office here to distribute signs and the like but I have not seen one since 1990.
You might try the Arkansas board on FR. I have not posted there for years, but I assume it is still active. If you get any results, try to remember to ping me. I might be interested in meeting him.
I can add you to the Arkansas Ping List, which is all the freepers in Arkansas. I make a post about once a week here, depending on events.
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