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It looks like Thompson is getting ready to drop out. Most of his vote will go to Romney.

Both McCain and Huckabee are better on the 2A than Romney is.

But McCain is anti-1st amendment and soft on border security. Both of these are deal breakers for me.

Huckabee is great on the 2A but seems like a tax & spend liberal on almost everything else. He is pro life which is a big plus. His tax plan is not serious absent a constitutional amendment banning the income tax. (Otherwise, it's just a matter of time until we end up with both like in Europe.) He also seems squishy on border security.

Giuliani is good on national security and border security, though his position on the latter has obviously "evolved". I also think he has a good approach to injecting market forces into the health care system. I think he would also be good on appointing the right kind of judges (Originalists). He seems to favor cutting taxes which is always a plus. On the other side, he is probably the weakest when it comes to the 2A, Obviously, I would have a big problem with that.

Paul has some good ideas and some bad ones, but he will never crack double digits so it doesn't matter.

Romney is probably the best on getting and keeping the economy going. I think he has some decent ideas on health care though not as good as Rudy has. I believe his pro life "conversion". I think he lacks national security experience. He seems good on border security and immigration, though he, like others, has evolved somewhat on this. He is squishy on the 2A. I don't buy the "lifelong hunter" angle. (I'm a "lifelong hunter" too. A few friends and I jacklighted a couple of rabbits on a country road 35 years ago, and I shot a wild boar with a 12 gage in Malaysia back in the 90's as a guest of some business associates. And that's it.) Besides, what does the 2A have to do with hunting anyway?

I think that after Florida, Giuliani will be out of it (How things change!) leaving us with "anti-1A" McCain, "tax & spend" Huckabee, and "squishy" Romney.

What a mess.

Where's Newt Gingrich when we need him? Why isn't someone like John Cornyn in the mix?

lawrnk wrote:Richardson would very much like to allow Mexico to be the 51st state.

Actually, it's worse than that. Mexico has 31 states. I figure Richardson would want each of them to achieve statehood in the new "US of North America".

So each Mexican state would get 2 Senators, apportioned representation in thet House, etc.

Combined with the Democrats, the Mexican-Americans will form a large and permanent leftist voting majority.

America will morph into an unrecognizable 3rd world pesthole.

If history is any guide, these events will likely set the stage for a 2nd American Civil War or Revolution.

I know this all sounds pretty horrible, but to me it is not outside the realm of possibility.

As you can tell, I will not be supporting Richardson no matter what his position is on guns.

The national Democrat party is hopelessly up a tree. Their basic philosophy seems to be Stalinist as far as I can tell.

I'll never vote for a Democrat as long as I live. If it a Democrat was running against Satan, I'd vote for Satan. If fact, I'd probably campaign for him.

I'm probably gonna vote for Fred in the primary. But I like Huckabee too.