Anyway, to my main point. Look you have Jeb Bush, I think he still has a great opportunity. I don’t care what they left of center folk think, if things start to go right in Iraq, which they yet could, GW is going to be a hero, not the anti-christ. Jeb Bush could be your next President. What about Haylee Barbour?? He did an awesome job with Katrina management for Mississippi, unlike his idiot Dem colleague in Louisiana. Had hundreds of miles of destroyed coastline, and almost none of the havoc that was in New Orleans. There is my personal favorite JC Watts, even tho he has said he would not run. Jim Nussle could be another. Look who ever the media is looking at right now, they are trying to get rid of. They know exactly what they are doing. Some of these guys are abit smarter than your average Dem. They too know what the MSM is all about, and they are going to wait abit longer before they make their announcement. We shall see. – Lorica

I just haven’t noticed any worthwile candidates yet. While some look good, each have their own bagagge they are going to have to deal with.

Alot of people have touted McCain, but he would not be a good choice for me to vote for. Other Guilliani, and I believe he may have had some infedility issues that will be brought up by democrats, Frist – hell no. Gingrich would be an interesting possibility but I don’t think he could pull from both sides of hte aisle.

2 months may seem like a good idea, but you have to give these ‘candidates’ time to get more known to the people.

Meanwhile you have Kerry, Obama and Clinton suddenly getting religon, highering religous advisors, attending churches, inviting church leaders to their houses…ect.

I am suprised they don’t burst into flames as soon as they walk into church. [chuckles]

If you remember back when Bill Clinton was having most of his trouble, we suddenly got ‘treated’ to him and his wife walking out of church with a bible in their hands.

Where are these pictures when they are not trying to deflect from their faults?

They fault religon in everyway, except for when it serves them politically.

BUT I also find it a bit disconcerning that in all this, we have nothing to really offer from our own side. We are pouring over the faults or lack of experience of a possible candidate from the other side, but without an opposing person to bring up and compare them too.

I think this is the same thing we went through with the elections just recently, that we didn’t have much hope and was like voting for the better of two evils.

What do we have to offer for a candidate that has enough “like-ability” in the media / public, and can pull votes from both sides of the aisle?

Sure we will have a very intereting dustup with Obama, Clinton and Kerry all stumping for a presidential bid, and personally I hope it does get nasty, will be interesting what they throw at each other….BUT again, who do we really have that can go the distance on our side and how will they match up against what Democrats will put out?

Barack Obama is all the rage lately and many wonder about the media’s fawning coverage like yesterday’s AP report: Sen. Barack Obama sparked an early frenzy Sunday during his initial visit to the nation’s first presidential primary state, but said

In preparation for her unchallenged role as America’s Scandal Queen, Hillary navigated the shoals of Arkansas politics for 12 years as the then-governor’s wife – years that included scandals of her own, among them:

The first part of this strategy begins by exerting the greatest leverage we have on the Iraqi government – a phased redeployment of U.S. troops from Iraq on a timetable that would begin in four to six months.

When I first advocated steps along these lines over a year ago, I had hoped that this phased redeployment could begin by the end of 2006. Such a timetable may now need to begin in 2007, but begin it must. For only through this phased redeployment can we send a clear message to the Iraqi factions that the U.S. is not going to hold together this country indefinitely – that it will be up to them to form a viable government that can effectively run and secure Iraq.

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He did vote against re-authorizing the wire tap provisions in the Patriot Act.

Ask Democrats what he has accomplished however and you are sure to get nothing more than a bunch of regurgitated platitudinous garbage that has literally been handed from the mouths of the DNC and the media.

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-Sponsored a pointless and burdensome unfunded mandate requiring local police departments to racially profile every traffic stop.

-Voted No on Constitutional amendment banning so-called “same-sex” marriage

-Supported including “sexual orientation” in Illinois anti-discrimination laws

-Opposes gun rights (NRA rating-F; Illinois Citizens for Handgun Control Rating-A)

-Voted Against prohibiting early release for criminal sexual abusers

-Voted “present” on a law prohibiting pornographic bookstores and strip clubs to be fewer than 1000 feet of schools and churches
Supported legislation making health care a “constitutional right,” promoted by left-wing Physicians for National Health care, whose goal is socialized medicine for America, a goal Obama apparently shares

-Opposed the state version of the Born Alive Infant Protection Act, which would require medical attention be given to babies fortunate enough to survive a botched abortion

-Favors allowing partial birth abortion, which his wife called a ‘legitimate” medical procedure in a fund-raising letter

-Voted “present” on a law requiring parental notification before a minor’s abortion

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How’s THAT for mainstream?

That can pull “likeability” and is well known to attract notice and votes from both sides?