If the intent is to find the purest fiscal conservative and hope to carry him or her through the Republican primary, any of the above could be acceptable, though this assortment would never have my support. I'd also like to point out that the situation with North Korea, President Obama's hapless attempts at forcing Israeli cooperation on the Palestinian issue, and the recent announcement that the combat mission in Afghanistan won't conclude until 2014 at the earliest all emphasize the importance of supporting someone who has substantial foreign policy knowledge and will be viewed with respect by the international community. I'd rather we not repeat the experience of the Bush administration, where he swore all throughout his first campaign that he had no intention of engaging in international adventurism, then swept us into Iraq on a fool's errand, leaving us without the leverage to confront actual threats to our national security and abetting Iran's desire for regional prominence.
I want a nominee with a clear definition of what they want America to accomplish in the world, and preferably one willing to take advantage of the opportunities in the Asia-Pacific that will result from China's continued assertiveness.
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Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980
Palin is my least favorite and not the most intelligent but come on, Nancy Pelosi is the one who is as dumb as a brick and a big time liar.One thing about Palin is she means well and would follow the constitution where as Pelosi and those on her side of the isle just piss on because they believe it is no longer relevant and that the US needs to go the way Europe did(see where that got them).Now Palin has certainly had her moments and is not exactly a scholar BUT she is not as dumb as she is portrayed and may surprise a lot of people.Palin is my least favorite but I would take her over Obama anyday.The prospect of a second Obama term is just scary and something American can not handle.Obama will have nothing to lose and will prob push his Leftist agenda harder than ever, esp if he was to get congress back somehow.We can recover from a first Obama term, a second, I am not so sure.
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I don't want to be rude, but this is pure demagoguery. We've endured two years of the Obama administration, and during that time all he has to show for his efforts is milquetoast financial regulatory reform, health care legislation with a strong resemblance to Heritage Foundation proposals from the Clinton era that can still be negated, and a stimulus program that contained tax credits and had a neutral impact at worst. He's also correctly intensified our efforts in Afghanistan, tried -- if ineptly -- to take a harder line with Pakistan while accepting their indispensability, and has a much warmer relationship with South Korea than his predecessor ever did. I'm not a President Obama supporter by any stretch, particularly opposing his handling of foreign policy, but we can certainly survive another two years of the same, and an additional four if that is the outcome of the next election. The progressive movement in this country is close to denouncing his administration altogether, which should indicate to you just how much fealty he's shown to his grandiose campaign rhetoric.
Cap and trade is stillborn, his bipartisan deficit commission is recommending a re-imaging of the tax code favorable to us, and even New Start, which has the endorsement of Brent Scowcroft among other luminaries, may not be ratified. As for your concern that the Constitution is being circumvented, the Supreme Court, which in its current composition is more prone to conservative jurisprudence, is there for a reason. The Republican Party has done quite well containing President Obama's mandate, and barring a Democratic landslide in 2012 and Obama suddenly showing no interest in compromising, that will not change.