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Trump is actually right in this case. States can’t on one hand demand all these federal resources, and not give the president the authority to re-open it. He could easily make those resources contingent on re-opening. I don’t think it comes to that, but Trump is right in the end.

Patricia Lightner is fighting quite hard here...been out at parades, festivals, tea parties. She's a former State Rep and is the only major conservative in the race against Rep. Dennis Moore, a "blue dog" who has been voting with Pelosi. Her website is http://www.patricialightner.com

Patricia Lightner is the best candidate here — go to http://www.patricialightner.com to learn more about her. She’s a fabulous candidate. Rose is a lefty who has praised mandates for health care and fought against tax increases and spending reductions in his column for the last two decades.

I thought Fred did well in this episode. He seemed to have a bigger role than would make sense for one episode. One would think the COD would be reappear.

I’ve also heard rumblings that Fred will do a cameo on Law & Order.

Exactly. It’s sad that some here don’t quite understand that.

Of course, when we have so-called conservatives like Alex Knepper over at race42012.com claiming to be proud of homosexuality, you know we are losin gthis battle.

I agree. And the fact a “Constutional watch” page had this is pretty sad.

Actually, that matters little. While Rush is aired live in the vast majority of his stations, others — such as O’Reilly (before he left), Levin, Laura, etc, are aired at a different time of day than their actual show.

So? Just becuase 18 is the age for some things doesn’t mean it should be for all things.

Amazing we see poll numbers like this — yet we have conservatives on this website cheering when Jeb Bush, who would have easily won decides no to run in FL. Sad. We seem to be on a well paved path to about 35 Senators.

When has Jeb said anything about the bailouts? Nice gigantic assumpmtions. Fact is, Jeb Bush when put along the political spectrum is a conservative in nearly all reasonable definitions of the word.

The guy would have won in a landslide and been a conservative member of the U.S Senate. I respect his decision not to run, but I stand in amazement at those conservatives happy at his decision not to. I suppose you’d rather have a fight for the FL senate seat and possibly make it easier for the Democrats to get to 60.

Here’s hoping Rubio runs at least, he seems to have a chance. The others would lose.

Hopefully our recruitment efforts are better in other states, Senator Cornyn.

Like I said, keep looking. Good luck. And in 2010, say hello to a Democrat Senator from Florida. Congratulations on YOUR defeatism.

Dude, it’s one issue. He’s a solid conservative on many others. Go ahead and keep looking for your perfect candidate.

This sucks...would have been a slam dunk. I can see our recruiting efforts are off to a great start. Why won’t our “big guns” ever run? Very dissapointing. Jeb Bush would make a fabulous member of the US Senate.

That’s simply incorrect. The Illinois SOS doesn’t have to sign the certification — he/she has just done so historically. There is no legal requirement to do so — Burris IS the junior Senator from Illinois and it is a direct violation of Illinois state law and the united states constitution not to seat him.

No question he should be seated from a legal standpoint. Absolutely ridiculous if the Democrats do not. It’s not like there is an election in question.

She should run for re-election in Alaska.

Palin/Jindal 2012.

Oh, looks like a Huckabot.
Why would you jump to that erroneous conclusion? I've never supported Huckabee for anything. FredBots must be prone to jumping to conclusions because how else could they conclude that Fred Thompson should run for President or now be the leader of the RNC?

Perhaps because Huckabots were known for these kinds of comments. I have no problem with those supporting other candidates, but your type of comments were over the top and offensive and came across as pure hatred.

Fred wasn’t lackluster, he just got out too late
And whose fault was that?

I never said Fred's campaign wasn't perfect. He got out too late and I've communicated that with other FredHeads. He should have gotten out in May or June when the buzz was highest. But there was no sign of lackluster campaigning along the trail -- that was media spin plain and simple ...spun by people who didn't like the one true conservative in the race. Romney, Huckabee, McCain, etc...all had some credentials but not the consistency of Fred.

Fred was the only one in the field with anything substantive to offer.
I recall when the Fred Cult was trying to promote Fred's candidacy on FR they would make claims like that. But even though one of the Fred Cult members put together a long list of Fred's supposed qualifications, I never found that Fred had anything of substance to offer anyone.

Oh, please. Even the National Review which endorsed Romney said Fred had the best ideas and was the only candidate offering real substance along the way. He offered detailed, substantive proposals on several policy fronts but unfortunately it wasn't enough. But the fact you can't admit that he was offering substance is a sign of your closedmindedness. His campaign might not have been the best, but his ideas were.

But throwing him — perhaps one of our few true statesmen — under the bus with your hatred is unbecoming and offensive.
Well first, I know that Fred has played "statesmen" in the movies, but in real life he's never been anything close to a "statesmen".

Really? I guess you haven't followed his public career then -- in how he ushered through Justice Roberts or during his career as a Senator or in other public roles he has played. Again, your pure hatred is showing and it's sad.

And second, your throwing around the word "hatred" reminds me of what I found to be the FredBots' worst character flaw. Anytime anyone dared to challenge Fred's qualifications, the FredBots would get their panties in a knot and throw around words like "hate". I think that's one of the things that turned off a lot of Freepers to Fred's candidacy.

Perhaps we threw it around because it was true? No one has yet to refute it. In fact, in your post today, you are clearly the one getting your panties in a wad, refusing to even acknowledge the substance and leadership Fred has brought to our movement. there is a reason why Fred had so much grassroots internet support. Rather than dismissing that, it would probably benefit you to examine why that was the case, rather than resorting to your talking points.

Finally, IMO, in real life Fred has never demonstrated the kind of charisma, leadership, communication skills and understanding of conservative principles that the next RNC leader needs.

If you FredBots really want to promote Fred's candidacy for anything, you really have to get over the emotional reponses and stick to what you think are the facts that make Fred Thompson a qualified candidate.

I really wanted to like Fred as a candidate for the GOP nomination last year, but when I cut away the persona of the roles Fred played on TV and in the movies, I had to conclude that Fred may have been the least qualified of all the candidates for the nomination.

Seems like you are the one with the emotion. Least qualified? Please. Again, he was the ONLY candidate with any kind of record of speaking out for conservative principles over his entire career. He was the only one with the right combination of service and ideas. Sadly, his campaign didn't get off the ground and that I acknowledge. Fred has too, by the way.

I wasn't a fan of Huck and romney but I think they both offer something for the party. It's sad that you can't acknowledge the same for Fred as well.

Um, not sure what you’re talking about. I only donated $150 and I got a nice letter in the mail from Fred thanking me for my commitment and support. Maybe yours got lost in the mail.

I thought it was fine. Over the summer Fred had several commentaries on TownHall.com, perhaps you missed those, and recorded perhaps the most eloquent case for McCain online, plus his speech was the best of the convention, second only to Sarah’s.

And, Fred now has a PAC and he’s been supporting conservative candidates nationwide. Perhaps you should pay more attention to what he’s actually doing rather than paying attention to spin reported by Huckabots, who are still mad Fred ruined them in south Carolina.

Oh that’s ridiculous. Fred ran himself and didn’t endorse mcCain til he was the only one left. So did every other Republican in the country. So by your defintion everyone would be toxic.

Fred thompson is 100% different than McCain. He actually articulates conservative principles, which McCain never did. Why you’d want to not include thompson in any Republiacn resurgence is beyond me. He’s one of the few people who can effectively articualte our message.

Just because his campaign wasn’t successful doesn’t mean a thing. Either was Steele’s in Maryland and Gingrich was ousted in 1998, when we almost had an electoral disaster in Congress. Romney, one many thing would be a quality leader, had megabucks and his campaign was a disaster, a bigger one than Fred, who never had the cash.

I think all of them have something to offer, so throwing ANY of them under the bus would be a huge mistake. that includes Fred, Romney, Steele, or Newt.