"I can be fair about someones record while still not wanting to vote for them, unlike you. You have an inherent bias against anyone except romney."
False . I'm viewing the prospective candidates and putting forth an honest assessment of who I believe will do well in the primaries and the general .
Frist and Gingrich would be demonized into oblivion in a general election .
McCain and Giuliani won't even make it out of the primaries due to their stands on social issues . McCain is even worse with his soft stance on certain aspects of the WOT .
Jeb won't run although he would be the strongest, minus the dynasty factor which would hurt him .
That leaves Romney and Allen . Everyone here says that Romney is a big flaming Lib , so be it , we shall see . I say Allen is too stuffy and would get dominated in the debates and the general .
If Allen is all we have, we are in deep trouble .
I think Romney has the electability factor in his favor , but he will fall into the McCain, Giuliani, primary defeat category if his social views are not correct . I also think Romney would be stronger on the WOT than McCain .
Maybe Tancredo is the answer , but is he electable ?
Allen will not get dominated in the debates and general, look at his past electoral succsesses and performances. He did great in 1993 and in 2000 debates. Don't buy into this myth that some freepers put up that hes a bad debater and gets owned, watch the chuck robb - allen debate for yourself or go look into the allen mary sue terry debate. He performed great in both races. He is not to be underestimated.
"Electability" arguement is absolute bs. BOb dole's handlers ran under the banner of electability. Hell, under that rationale we should pump pataki, hell he was governor of one of the bluest states in the country. Yea, romney won in MA, but he ran as a lincoln chafee clone to do it. Big whoop and that wont sell to the base. Allen is a strong primary candidate as well as a strong general election candidate and you shouldn't dismiss him so easily.
Remember, after the 2004 elections ALL the 2008 candidates chased after Dick Wadhams, (the strategiest most gop'ers percieve to be Karl Rove's heir apparent), and who was it who landed hiM? Thats right, George Allen.