Huckabee should be the nation’s official speech-giver - his public speaking skills are unparallelled, but he should not run the country.
Frankly (at the risk of being called “soft on terror”), Giuliani scares me as a civil-liberties lover.
Romney’s an insincere robot, and if his positions didn’t scare me, his flip-flopping would.
I like McCain, but fear that he’s just got too much baggage with the base of the party to win the nomination - though maybe they’ll surprise me.

Thompson’s best moment - for me - was when he was asked a question at the NH debates last weekend and seemed to wake up with a “Oh it’s my turn?” It may have reflected the stereotype of Thompson as a lazy geezer, but to me it was humanizing - he went on to answer the question thoughtfully (though I forget what it was about). He seemed less like he’d be the nation’s “Father figure” and more like a kindly “Grandfather Figure.”
To some, it may be too distant, but to me it was somehow appealing.

What many people fail to realize is that with five contenders in the race and each getting a fair amount of votes, there likely will be no one with a majority of delegates come convention time.

Then what happens?

Will a majority get behind a backstabbing Rino like McCain? Don’t think so.

Huckabee? You’ve got to be kidding!

Romney? Suspicious Johnny come lately to the conservative cause. Romney was against 2003 tax cuts, still believes the global warming hoax, and had a host of anti- reagan pro- abortion comments in the 90’s and more recent past. Besides he has used spurious attack ads against the other candidates.But the real killer is that many feel they can’t trust him because he’s a focus group phoney. Don’t think the convention will be his.

Guiliani? Maybe, but not if the social conservatives have their way.

That leaves only Fred. The only candidate acceptable to the three wings of the Party. In a split convention, he’s the only one who could prevent a ugly floor fight and huge recrimination that would probably give the election to the dems.

The Republican Party represents the coalition of fiscal conservatives, social conservatives and national defense hawks, not a small group of wealthy country-clubers.

McCain claims to want to cut taxes but has sponsored a backdoor BTU tax that will be huge. Probably explains his global warming assertions. As for his not asking for earmarks this has has much credibility as his Keating claims of innocence.

Rudy appears to have nothing to say beyond 9-11.

Ron Paul proves that all you need to be in Congress is a IQ above freezing and be non violent.

I was very re assured by Mitt Romney’s assertions that whenever the courts order something he will jump like a puppet no matter how outrageous or ridiculous. This is leadership!

Thompson may not be Reagan but he will do more to put the government on the correct course than the other candidates and certainly is better than the politboro’s candidates from across the aisle.