[hispanichoosier]

Isn't the time to have that fight during the primary, where the guy whom we choose to carry the standard in the general election is selected?

Sure! But only if you can assure me with 100% certainty that some mealy-mouthed party big-wig won't trot out that old saw that we don't want a divisive primary because it'll leave our GOP candidate too wounded for the general election.

[XJarhead]

,i>But only if you can assure me with 100% certainty that some mealy-mouthed party big-wig won't trot out that old saw that we don't want a divisive primary because it'll leave our GOP candidate too wounded for the general election.

Of course they may trot that out, but that's the time to tell them to take a flying...leap. The primary is the time we're supposed to hash those battles out, whatever some functionaries may say.

Dubya because the nominee 2000 because we were so eager to end the Clinton legacy that we picked the guy we thought would have the most appeal to moderates. Hopefully, we're over that now, and can pick someone who is both electable and truly conservative.

I'm leaning Allen/Rice in 2008, myself.