Friday, January 25, 2008

Something is up with Rudy :(

At the debate last night he didn't seem very interested (like Fred). He didn't aggressively question McCain and his answers were mush (bland and boring).

I wonder if his wife has put the brakes on or if the success in Iraq has finally stolen his thunder.

In any event, Romney was the clear winner. On economic matters no one can touch him, and they all seem to know it. HIs quip about Bill Clinton was great.

Kudos to all candidates for finally referring to Hillary as Hillary Clinton and putting her ignominious past up front where it belongs.

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Rudy can do it!

I hope he shocks the **** out of everyone. Well, all of the pundits.

Actually, I hope he and Romney are within about 2% of each other so they can't call a clear winner. But the clear loser will be Johnny Mac!

What to do?!

I'm a Fredhead without a Fred.

McCain is a patriot but a liberal = out!
Huckabee is a liberal evangelical = out!
Rudy is a big question to me = ?
Paul is unacceptable due to his foreign policy position = out!
Romney is a pandering financial genius = ?
Obama and Clinton = double out!
So I've whittled the list down to Romney and Giuliani.

Romney - He bothers me with his throwing of financial incentives to entice voters; i.e., in MI he proposed a $20 billion energy research/auto industry bailout plan, and then he proposed a $233 billion stimulus package. None of this is good, but I have heard many refer to him as a brilliant businessman and I know he's scrambling to get votes as he did in MA) so I'm still considering giving him my support. I love the fact that he's rich enough to battle this thing out and that he would be able to capably debate any economic issues with the Dim nominee. Also, his married life seems to be squeaky clean so there wouldn't be any dirt thrown there.

He apparently had some very liberal positions in MA with respect to gay rights, balancing the MA budget (with $500M in new fees), and handling healthcare reform (by creating socialized healthcare). On one hand this could be viewed as his having delivered on what he promised to get elected in one of the most liberal States in the country. And the fact that he's pandering now is pretty much more of his modus operandi. Apparently he will be true to his word if he gets elected (please let me know if this is not true), which is why he's still on my list.

Giuliani - I like the fact that Steve Forbes supports him and his latest tax pkg. proposal is excellent. But I don't trust him with respect to how he would fight illegal aliens and his 2nd amendment support is questionable to me.

The illegal alien isssue is a dealbreaker for me, so although I want to believe what Rudy says about a wall on the border and ID cards, part of me is still skeptical.

I think one of these 2 will get the nomination and I could happily vote for either if they would select a true conservative as a running mate and throw a bone to the investor class and small businesses. Those are our bread and butter and there has been not one word! Come on guys - it's the primaries; WOW us!

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Senator Clinton vs. Mitt Romney

Will be alot of nose holding in November.