McCain's Meltdown--I don't agree with much that Alter says in this but this paragraph hit home:
The senator's timing seems off in a way that might be admirable if it weren't so politically clumsy. McCain trashed President Bush when he was popular—and now champions him when he's down. The trashing angered many Republicans, who could never fully trust McCain again after his apostasy on tax cuts, torture and a dozen other issues where he always seemed to be highlighting his independence from Bush on TV.
Fred Thompson is for Real--A political contact of mine keeps saying that Thompson doesn't have a prayer. Yet, I have to wonder since the blogosphere is alive with support for him and he is doing fairly well in the polls before he has even announced that he's running. I'm not overly impressed with him but he does seem to be more appealing overall than anyone else right now. Although, if him or Gingrich are going to run they need to get in now since they are already behind in the money race.
mitt is no hunter.
ReplyDeletepandering isn't a leadership quality.
it's rudy and fred for me right now.
fred needs a real COOPER UNION moment.
ReplyDeletethe paul harvey spots are good.
the redate column was great.
his record is spotty.
he has no executive/governing experience.
he needs to demonstrate - like Lincoln did - that he has the acumen/focus/values and handle on ALL the issues in order to be a good wartime POTUS. to show he has REAL gravitas.
he needs this speech to be somewhere with gravitas.
he needs it to be BEFORE he announces.
another thing: he is like Obama in many ways: an empty vessel many MANY are pouring their dreams in...
Yes, I think I agree with you on all counts. I just can't bring myself to support Romney over Rudy at this stage. And I refuse to jump on either the Thompson or the Gingrich bandwagon until one of them does something to impress me or show me that they are viable.
ReplyDeleteFred appears to be more conservative than all the others but he has some things in his short record that bother me such as campaign finance reform. Gingrich is a fairly stellar conservative and brilliant but I'm not sure he can get past the media demonization and marriage baggage.
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ReplyDeleteplateau. we'll blogroll you.
ReplyDeleteand keep posting comments here.