I consider all the candidates to be placeholders until a strong conservative leader can emerge. The fact that conservatives didn't have a strong candidate in waiting for 2008 suggests great disarray in our ranks.
I know some people will respond with "what about Fred Thompson?" I like Fred's views and will probably vote for him in the primaries and definitely in the general election, if he gets the nomination. But when I review his Senate record, I come away unimpressed. I still maintain if he weren't an actor, he would get about as much attention as the other Thompson who had a much more impressive political record. If Fred is the best we can do, then conservatives are in trouble.
“It is time we stopped thinking of our nearest neighbors as foreigners. I would immediately seek the views and ideas of Canadian and Mexican leaders. I would be willing to invite each of our neighbors to send a special representative to our government to sit in on high level planning sessions with us, as partners, mutually concerned about the future of our continent.”