Romney
Tancredo
Thompson
All are fine by me, but a G-man or McCain are not, and those are the guys that appear to be the front runners. They are the ones who have the money, the press likes them (Of course), and some in the Republican Party are working on the assumption that these guys are “centric” and “electable”.
It’s about issues and where these guys stand. If someone calls himself conservative, he can not be open minded on the gay issue, he can’t be for big government, he shouldn’t support abortion, have messed up family affairs, nor should he play the reinterpretation game with what the second amendment states so clearly in plain English. The fact that Giuliani is one of the front men in this race is an insult to those who call themselves conservative. McCain with his anti-torture bill, or his attempts to score some cheap political points with his push for mandatory drug testing for baseball players when that was a big issue…….. McCain is a political opportunist whose been trying to hard for to long to line everything up for his run to the office of Presidency He may be powerful within the Party, but people ultimately don’t trust him because he’s the consummate politician. He’s a member of every organization he can get his claws on, but probably knows nothing about them except their affiliations. He’s a career politician who’s made his living from politics since 1982……. He’ll play with the Democrats when it’s in his favor, but then wants to be strong and stand firm on Iraq; give me a break, the guy is a politician who’s lost sight of what it’s about. Not the type of guy I want as my President either. The Republicans have some good candidates, but neither of the two front runners fit that description.
IMHO neither mclame nor Rudy are the true front runners. The media can hype, but it is the primary voter that elects our nominee. Money... the RNC will get none from me until we have a Conservative candidate to back. I am not alone... and I am a huge contributor.
LLS