The Debate

I watched the Republican Presidential Primary Debate this morning (on my DVR), and so I'll share my thoughts on that today. First off, even Texas Rep. Ron Paul made a few points that were worth considering, but then managed to show us that he is still far too out of touch with the base of the Republican party to even be considered a serious contender. Then there is Arizona Senator John McCain, who is proud to be more interested working with the likes of Ted Kennedy, and other far left liberal extremists, than in sticking to his principles and doing what is best of the country. Of course there is also former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, who sounds good most of the time, but is nothing more than a flavor of the day Republican, willing to take any stance that will stand him in good stead with the political winds of the day. The three of these really have no chance, but the news media hasn't figured it out yet. And other than these and the next two I'm going to talk about, nobody else really was all that memorable at all. The first of the two possibilities for the nomination is former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, who is mostly considered to be the front runner. Rudy is smart, and has a pretty good grasp of what is going on in the world, and he stands for a lot of the things that republicans stand for, and is a good, strong leader, who would not be run over by congress, no matter what party is in control of it, but would, in my view, be smart enough not to alienate them at every turn like President Bush has done. I, however, can't vote for Mr. Giuliani in the primary due to his stance on Abortion, but if he does win the party nomination, he would surely stand head and shoulders above any of the current democrats fighting for that party's nod. The other one is not even considered a front runner, but in both of the debates so far, I have been quite impressed with former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee. He also seems pretty smart, and strong, and willing to stand up for what he believes in, which, hey, bonus for us, is quite conservative. Of the ten that were at the debate, if I had to pick one of them to vote for today, it would be Mr. Huckabee, but we'll see how it goes in the coming months. Of course, my biggest problem in the debate is that there were just too many people in it right now. It's hard to get a good reading on who is really good and who isn't when there are ten people trying to get their points across. Of course, my current favorite wasn't there. In fact, he isn't even a declared candidate just yet, but hopefully within the next month or so, and that would be former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson. So far I have been very impressed by what he has had to say, and encourage you to check him out for yourselves. Again, the coming months will tell who I really want to support, but this is a brief overview as of today.