Bill Heath
Tucson, AZ
A real Republican

Dr. Ron Paul is the one true Republican running for President in 2008.

I’ll not vote for the lesser of two evils in this election; Messrs. McCain, Romney, Huckabee will not receive my vote.

Thank you.

This is what the anger about McCain is all about, but for one thing. Big money corporate true believers…and the GOP itself…was filtering money to these so called “grassroots” groups. This was never about speech…he cut off the spiggots of money that would have NEVER gone to any of these groups.

THAT is what most of those groups are mad at. They couldn’t raise money from their poor membership..they had to have the wealthy excentrics to fund them. McCain cut off the dough…its about greed.

Any candidate espousing amnesty (Romney, McCain, Giuliani) would be detrimental to the survival of our way of life and standard of living!

Any candidate promoting unprovoked war (Romney, McCain, Giuliani, Huckabee) is antithetic to the core values of America (Iraq had NOTHING to do with 9-11, so don’t start that cr*p).

There is only one TRUE REPUBLICan in the race, and that is Dr. Ron Paul.

Sorry. If McCain is the nominee it will not only be the demise of this nation’s sovereignty, but that of the traditional Republican Party as well.

Tell that bunch of junk to organizations like Right to Life, the NRA, or American Federation of Taxpayers who cannot send out educational pieces on candidate positions and historical voting records that McCain-Feingold did not infringe on free speech.

It shocks you that the people who joined the Republican Party because of its Platform on issues that they care about would not support a candidate who is opposed to many of those principles. Maybe the candidates should come to the conclusion that they are seeking the REPUBLICAN PARTY nomination for President and that they should be in alignment with the issues of the Party they wish to represent.

The Party Platform has basically remained the same for the last thirty years. Plenty of time for McIdowhatIwant to decide to be an independent or join Joe Lieberman as a D if they are in lockstep with each other.

Just like the name on your church should stand for something and people who are of like faith should be leaders in that church, the name of the political party stands for something and those who want to be leaders in the party should be of like mind with the guiding principles of that party.

By the way, people can change their registration on line – it is easy to do. I’m sure JM has access to a computer.

9/11 is all 9iu11ani has. The second he moves his stance from it, everyone remember that he’s a thrice-married adulterer whose kids hate him and who won’t back up the GOP on their stances on abortion or gay rights. If Rudy finishes inside 10 points of second, I’ll be surprised.

With Rasmussen showing Romney in the lead, he may just write that check (although I’m convinced its an outlier, I think McCain still has a slight edge). Can McCain win in a state that thought “Katherine Harris? That makes sense.” I don’t think he can – unless Fred drops out and endorses him. 9iu11ani has the Cubans in Dade, Huckabee has North Florida, McCain will get the I-4 corridor (Tampa/Orlando), Romney will get Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie and Little Germany (Naples/Sanibel). Romney will pick up enough of the leavings in all to use the Gold/German Coast as a base to propel him.

Until then….

At this point, it is about money and message. In more ways than one; the economy will become more an more of an issue and very soon. Look for the financial news due out tomorrow to have an impact on the debate Thursday.

Huckabee knows his days are equal to the amount of daily dollars he can continue to raise and the stick-to-itness of his faithful if they see him slide in the delegate and polls. His record will be tested and without benefit of any doubt.

Romney, the only question for his race is, will he write the check? With a net worth of around $200 million, this is a challenge in personal fortitude and has nothing to do with ability to sustain a campaign or a carry a message. That is not to say he has no message, but the ability to continue is all up to him and not falling on others to support it.

Giuliani has yet to be really tested. He has the machine that can run hard and fast if fueled. Florida, even a close second to McCain, will be a stimulating push for Rudy. If he stops with the 9-11 poster boy routine and goes deep into policy for economic reform, not regurgitation of numbers and statistics, but solid ideas for all of America and now…he will rally big.

McCain will need the endorsement of some heavy hitters to keep his momentum alive if the issue changes from security to economy.

The super Tuesday crowd is awake now and watching. We are getting into the heartland and Rocky Mountain west; farms, families, and faith.

Whatever candidate will temper their echo-chamber issues and realign their candidacy with the people, the solid R base that wants to know they have a safe home, a secure job, and a government that will not take away their liberty (that includes the ability to prosper)..they win.

Don’t you people care? Don’t you people care that our democracy has taken a nose dive into the hands of Corporate and Special Interests. Interests that keep our prescription drugs so high that people have to make a choice between their meds or a meal. Interests by oil conglomerates who will and have stood in the way of alternative energy sources until they can figure out how to monopolize the sun and wind.

Regarding illegal immigration. NO, “interests” in the form of business etc. should NOT lower wages to the point that an American family can not feed a meal on. Answer this. What is the difference if we lose millions upon millions of jobs outsourced by these corporate and special interests to nations where people will work for low wages, or 12 million people who have come into this nation to take a job that you couldn’t afford to take care of your family? It all comes down to the impact that these huge corporate and special interests donations have on our political system. Please be reasonable about the campaign finance issue. It was meant to level the playing field and take money out of the equation in our currupted political system.

I’m a republican, but would support anyone who makes an attempt to save whats left of our democracy, even a democrat. And no, not Edwards. He is a joke for bringing up this issue in 2008. In 2004 he did NOT utter a word regarding this corporate and special interest impact on our gov. Why many, including myself, were pulled to a “Ralph Nader” then just to have the issue on the table to be debated. Bottom line:

Its time the GOP establishment care enough about our democracy as John McCain does. Amazing how they will lose an election rather than get behind someone who doesn’t march lock step to their dogma. Someone who is not a robot and thinks for himself. Someone who can look at issues in the correct light, even if that means crossing the aisle. We Republicans don’t have all the answers, neither do the Democrats. But we can work together. Is that so wrong?

McCain now claims to be strong on the border just months after concocting the McCain-Kennedy-Flake Comprehensive Amnesty Plan.

He is the best current example of the ills described in 1984 – the book. Newspeak is alive and well if McCain is identified as a grass roots Reagan Conservative. Excuse me while I barf.

Billary is a two-headed monster but they are the Dem’s. McCain is ours.

McCain is the best able to defeat the Democrats and reinvigorate the Republican Party.

I will say this again since it was on a different post. Tell me where in the GOP dominated solid south that Romney can win? If he is the nominee, he is weakest in the area of the country that is the stronghold of the GOP. He would lose states like Virginia, Kentucky, and Arkansas and possibly Louisiana. Then he it would be tight and the GOP would have to defend each of these states and states like West Virginia, NC, and Tennessee and maybe even Georgia. It puts 3-4 very much in play and 4 states sort of in play that aren’t normally. What does he bring you that you usually don’t get, maybe, maybe some NE states…maybe and the same old Western states you always win.

Romney is a recipe for GOP disaster. McCain, however, puts the solid south back where it should be for the most part…and brings more for you in states like Florida, Ohio, etc.