[George W. Bush]

WOT and national defense trumps everything!

Only at FR. Didn't you notice the '06 election results? Electing Dims to Congress wasn't a pro-defense anti-terror vote. And W. would have lost to Kucinich if he'd been up for re-election in '06. I know a lot of FReepers can't stand to hear it but it's true.

And even if Rudy picked up a few purples like WI and MN, Hillary would probably get a few southern states and would likely scoop up Ohio.

For me, I see that in my all-Red state, Dims came alive in '06, registration and voting up over 10% for them. We had them beat and now they're becoming competitive again. That's a bad sign and we need a strong conservative for '08, not a Hillary Lite (Rudy) or Grampa Walton (McStain).

[My GOP]

We lost in 2006 because of how Bush has mismanaged the war. He should have sent in enough troops to finish the job to begin with. He should have bounced Rumsfeld after 2004. However, everyone knows Rudy is very competetent and would make a great CiC and he'll bring the votes back in.