[habs4ever]

Cutting gov't to pre-Coolidge like levels isn't on the national radar, so promoting a candidate with rollback in mind isn't going to get you far, except a few pats on the back from DC based think tanks and their supporters.These same folk were so hot to have Newt rollback the juggernaut in 1995 that he and the Pubbies had their heads handed to them in a classic cases of overreach and hubris.If Owens has the right temperment and can appeal to the middle, he could be POTUS material.How long did it take to find the guy who could match Reagan's popularity and come with his same brand of common sense, toughness and decency? A long time...and Bush has the right stuff to do what the job requires, and that is LEAD.

If by 2008, a guy like Owens had that same stuff, and his issues resonate across the land, then he could be the guy.People have to see in him the leadership qualities that can make him an effective POTUS.Time will tell.

[AmericanVictory]

We're not talking abut cutting back to Coolidge levels, but about attuning to and staying within the confines of the growth of the private sector.

[BlazingArizona]

Cutting gov't to pre-Coolidge like levels isn't on the national radar, so promoting a candidate with rollback in mind isn't going to get you far, except a few pats on the back from DC based think tanks and their supporters.

I'm all for the pragmatic incremental approach, but consider that we're now three years into a Republican administration that has the Senate and House behind it, and We've still got Amtrak! Amtrak!

They're not even trying.