His ability to serve in the Senate with a pro-life voting record, his serving as U.N. Security Counsel adviser, and his statesmanship in guiding Roberts through the waters of confirmation are all major issues in my mind.
There’s one last thing that I know all of you will dismiss as being a silly woman or a lightweight opinion but I must say it. Fred has that “presence” I’ve talked about a man having on other threads - Reagan had it, too. He could make our enemies understand that they could come this far, no farther, and nobody was obtuse enough to not get it. He could also make our friends and supporters know they had a true-blue friend who wouldn't leave them in the brink. Rudy, Mitt, Ron, Huckabee don’t have “IT”. Hunter does. McCain and Tancredo have the appearance of hotheads, and that’s not what we need. Cooler heads must prevail and no saps are allowed. Talk all you want about it being a veneer issue, but it’s damned important — paramount.
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Agreed. Although Fred is not young, he is not the oldest campaigner in the group. Yet he manages to seem the most mature. Imho, he inspires trust.