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2008 Republican Presidential Primary Candidate News, Review and Discussion Thread
Agencies | 07 May 2007 | jedward

Posted on 05/06/2007 11:16:43 PM PDT by jedward

Edited on 05/22/2007 11:41:01 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]


TIER 1 Candidates


Fmr. Governor Mitt Romney


Fmr. Senator Fred Thompson


Congressman Duncan Hunter


Fmr. Governor Mike Huckabee

Official Campaign Site
Official Campaign Blog

Live News Wires

Non-Declared

Draft Fred Thompson '08

Draft Fred Thompson Blog

Live News Wires

Official Campaign Site
Campaign Blog
Duncan Hunter '08 - MySpace
Duncan Hunter '08 - YouTube
Live News Wires

Official Campaign Site
Official Campaign Blog
ThePotusBlog
Live News Wires

TIER 2 Candidates


Senator Sam Brownback


Congressman Tom Tancredo


Ron Paul


Tommy Thompson

Official Campaign Site
Brownback Blog
Live News Wires

Official Campaign Site
Live News Wires

Official Campaign Site
Debate Highlights
Daily Blog
Live News Wires

Official Campaign Site
Tommy Thompson Myspace
WP Thompson Profile
Live News Wires

TIER 3 Candidates

Senator John McCain

Fmr. Governor Jim Gilmore

Alan Keyes

Newt Gingrich
Official Campaign Site
Live News Wires
Official Campaign Site
Live News Wires
Non-Declared
Official Alan Keyes Site
Live News Wires
Non-Declared
Official Newt Gingrich Site
Live News Wires

Yahoo '08 Election News

Fox You Decide 2008

Real Clear Politics

Patrick Ruffini 2008 Wire


This thread is designed as a Single Source Thread for current information and discussion in finding the best Conservative Candidate.  Please note several listed above are non-declared.

**Note:  If you have current and relevant links not shown above for a candidate, please freepmail them to me and I will update.  Enjoy the thread and I hope you find the information useful!

 


TOPICS: Announcements
KEYWORDS: 2008; candidates; elections; fredthompson; hunter; presidential; republican; ronpaul
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To: jedward; All
Why do we have to remain "civilized?" More backstabbing, underhanded and downright filthy, dirty malicious mischeif is promulgated by people practicing phony "diplomacy," or "civility," than under ANY other guise! Think about it?

Then let us rip into the subject matter unbridled with artsey/fartsey "civility" in a intellectually honest manner that doesn't remind us of intellectual "self-abuse" as grandma used to call it!!!

Just a contrarian thought, ok?

61 posted on 05/09/2007 6:18:43 PM PDT by SierraWasp (CA!!! Are you ready to rumble *??? Or are ya just gonna mumble and grumble??? (*aka "Recall"))
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To: BillyBoy
but I’m surprised the “only RINOs can WIN!” crowd hasn’t shown up on this thread to complain yet

Where were you during the cull?

62 posted on 05/09/2007 6:27:10 PM PDT by Amerigomag
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To: SierraWasp

“Why do we have to remain “civilized?” “

“I encourage healthy yet civil discussion of the candidates.”

People don’t. I was just encouraging it. If I see someone holding a torch high and they begin to weild it around until the roof and walls begin burning, then I will probably speak up. Other than that, I’ve got other things I’m working on and likely won’t be here on the thread much. I will update info that is fr-mailed to me though.


63 posted on 05/09/2007 6:39:48 PM PDT by jedward (Mission '08 - Take back the House & Senate. No Negotiations...No Prisoners.)
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To: SierraWasp; Jim Robinson

P.S. Of course we all are here on JR’s terms, and I respect them.


64 posted on 05/09/2007 6:41:18 PM PDT by jedward (Mission '08 - Take back the House & Senate. No Negotiations...No Prisoners.)
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To: Gritty

Bump.


65 posted on 05/09/2007 9:12:13 PM PDT by GVnana (Former Alias: GVgirl)
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To: Amerigomag; SierraWasp; calcowgirl
If by favorite son you mean Duncan Hunter, I agree he's another excellent candidate. I'd say he's closest to me on the issues and would be my first choice if he were a statewide official instead of a Congressman. But if Duncan Hunter can pull off a primary victory he'd be an killer candidate in November. Also if he doesn't make it past the primary, I hope he will consider running for Governor of California in 2010, as we desperately need up-and-coming conservative leaders to take back the state. The RINO-Dem combine there has just about destroyed the Golden state. RINOs ususally wipe out the GOP and make it impossible for a real Republican to succeed them, though in Rhode Island conservative Don Calcerri managed to suceed a retiring RINO governor)

Hunter's claim to fame is not only being a prominent conservative in a "blue state", but that he got elected in a "blue district" that was 2-to-1 Democrat. Way to go Duncan, take that Ahnuldbots.

I'm glad to see this race starting early because we can keep on mentioning the names Hunter, Thompson, and Huckabee until Republicans around the nation learn they won on principle in strong Democrat regions. The Rudy/Ahnuld crowd can only hold their ears and say "lalalala, ONLY RINOs are ELECTABLE in blue states!" for so long before people find out the truth.

I have to confess -- having been born and raised in Illinois (as the Ahnuldbots endlessly pointed out during the recall), Tommy Thompson is pretty much a "favorite son" of conservatives from the great lakes region, I expect he'll suprise the naysayers and be very compentative in primaries like Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan (all "blue states" difficult for Republicans to "win"), but we'll see.

I agree with a Hunter supporter on another thread who said "I don't see all the fawning over Fred Thompson, IF he announces Fred would probably be my 3rd or 4th choice behind Hunter and some others". My thinking is the only time conservatives have been "unelectable" is when they are status quo candidates from "safe" states, like Bob Dole. I like Fred, he's about an 80% conservative (has some bad votes like supporting McCain and CFR), but I don't see a Senator from a "safe Bush" state playing well nationwide. I'm much more euthesisatic for unapologeticly conservative, Washington outsiders reformesr that are proven winners in places that aren't likely to go Republican.

66 posted on 05/09/2007 10:55:18 PM PDT by BillyBoy (Don't blame Illinois for Pelosi, we elected ROSKAM)
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To: jedward

This is the first place I’ve ever seen Alan Keyes listed as a *candidate*. Cracks me up. The fact that there’s no photo of him cracks me up even more. Thanks for the laughs.


67 posted on 05/09/2007 11:01:58 PM PDT by Kryptonite (Keep Democrats Out of Power!)
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To: All
All these candidates are trying to lay claim to being the next Reagan, well the truth is there will never be another Ronald Reagan. There are alot of good candidates that each have various aspects of Reaganism. Combine Tommy Thompson’s experience as executive of a blue state and record as a conservative policy wonk, with Duncan Hunter’s humble southern California background and tough-guy steel resolve, with Mike Huckabee’s folksy charm and regular Joe image, with Mitt Romney’s master communication skills and telegetic abilities, and maybe throw in a pinch of Fred Thompson’s “Hollywood movie star” credentials, and THEN you’d have Ronald Reagan.

Someone said it best... the only thing the first debate showed us is which candidates do NOT carry the Reagan mantle. The most obvious, of course, is Rudy Giuliani.

68 posted on 05/09/2007 11:20:56 PM PDT by BillyBoy (Don't blame Illinois for Pelosi, we elected ROSKAM)
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To: BillyBoy

What about Ron Paul’s SINCERE belief in limited government?

That was one of the main ingredients in Reagan’s presidency.


69 posted on 05/10/2007 5:30:55 AM PDT by Capitalism2003 (http://www.LP.org/issues/platform_all.shtml)
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To: BillyBoy
Wull hay! BillyBoy... I was born an raised in IL, too! (not that there's anything wrong with that)

Nice comments and as usual, you've got your head screwed on really strait and your thoughts are appreciated by this Cauleeforneeun, stuck in Schwartzenegger's stupendous Sierra-Nevada CONservancy whose many huge counties vote RED everytime!!! (except Alpine county, that's owned by Gay Bay BLUE voters all-the-time)

70 posted on 05/10/2007 8:01:15 AM PDT by SierraWasp (CA!!! Are you ready to rumble *??? Or are ya just gonna mumble and grumble??? (*aka "Recall"))
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To: SierraWasp; BillyBoy; calcowgirl; NormsRevenge; ElkGroveDan; Carry_Okie; tubebender; ...

Until I see someone with better conservative credentials, I will continue to support Duncan Hunter.


71 posted on 05/10/2007 11:57:20 AM PDT by Czar ( StillFedUptotheTeeth@Washington)
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To: Czar; pissant

Well, we’re gonna hafta prod some higly productive people to pitch in some dead US Presidents printed on rags to create enough riches to make a Hunter Presidency happen this silly season, right?


72 posted on 05/10/2007 12:04:47 PM PDT by SierraWasp (CA!!! Are you ready to rumble *??? Or are ya just gonna mumble and grumble??? (*aka "Recall"))
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To: SierraWasp; calcowgirl; ElkGroveDan
You're right, Wasp. I hope Hunter is picking up steam in the $$ area, but I really don't know.

I suspect the DBM will continue doing everything it can to suppress any coverage of Hunter lest GOP voters discover he's the closest thing to a true conservative we've seen in an awful long time.

73 posted on 05/10/2007 12:17:08 PM PDT by Czar ( StillFedUptotheTeeth@Washington)
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To: BillyBoy

Thank you BillyBoy. I’m not adding Rudy. The information on Thompson for review and discussion is exactly why I created this thread. I’m updating links under Tommy Thompson’s name in the header and will send off an update request this afternoon.


74 posted on 05/10/2007 1:04:57 PM PDT by jedward (Mission '08 - Take back the House & Senate. No Negotiations...No Prisoners.)
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To: Kryptonite

“This is the first place I’ve ever seen Alan Keyes listed as a *candidate*. Cracks me up. The fact that there’s no photo of him cracks me up even more. Thanks for the laughs.”

That’s a good point about the “non-declared” persons. I’ll note them on the next update. As for Keyes, I think he has earned his place in the conservative ranks. I’ve asked multiple times for any of his supporters to fr-mail a picture I could use but have not received one. If someone could help out with that, I would appreciate it. I did a lot of digging to find what I did to get the thread kicked off. Thanks for your input.


75 posted on 05/10/2007 1:12:22 PM PDT by jedward (Mission '08 - Take back the House & Senate. No Negotiations...No Prisoners.)
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To: Kevmo; Spiff; Delphinium; Capitalism2003; Darkwolf377; Miztiki; streetpreacher; gpapa; ...

Header Update!

Non-declared status noted. Tommy Thompson info updated. I grabbed a Keyes photo.

Thanks to the Admin Moderator for the help!


76 posted on 05/10/2007 2:30:25 PM PDT by jedward (Mission '08 - Take back the House & Senate. No Negotiations...No Prisoners.)
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To: Admin Moderator

Thanks for your help!


77 posted on 05/10/2007 2:30:56 PM PDT by jedward (Mission '08 - Take back the House & Senate. No Negotiations...No Prisoners.)
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To: Chena

bookmark


78 posted on 05/10/2007 3:50:22 PM PDT by Chena (“He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and)
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To: jedward

bttt


79 posted on 05/10/2007 5:04:18 PM PDT by Guenevere (Duncan Hunter for President, 2008!!)
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To: Capitalism2003; jedward; Admin Moderator; OrthodoxPresbyterian; DreamsofPolycarp
Please add Daily Paul under Ron Paul. This is an active blog covering his campaign.
80 posted on 05/10/2007 10:38:35 PM PDT by The_Eaglet
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