Posted by
Logical1 on Monday, January 07, 2008 12:33:58 AM
I'm not overly excited about any individual candidate but I've begun whittling my list down. After listening to tonight's debate on XM, I have knocked Romney off my list. He was never high up there to begin with so it didn't take much. I just didn't like his tactics and some of his answers.
The rest of the field is still in play for me (the legit field, meaning not Ron Paul). I don't see myself getting really excited about any individual so for me it is going to come down to the ticket and who I feel can beat Obama. IMHO, The Democrats would be crazy not to nominate Obama. Clinton could make a good run but I think she would bring out the anti-Clinton (Which I am proud to be part of) crowd.
I do like Thompson but I don't think he is going to make it. I feel like he is pushing for the Veep slot, which would be ok. I love the flat tax idea and it is something I see as fair and workable. My best scenario would be for anything under $100k per family to be tax and SS free.
Huckabee could be good but as the saying goes, "once a Baptist, always a Baptist." The fairtax idea is novel but has a complicated feel to it and the potential to hurt families in the sub $80k income range.
I used to live in Arizona and McCain with his amnesty program has really hurt his chances with me. I think he would make a great Veep but I don't think he would accept the offer.
Giuliani has strong potential but I just can't seem to get fired up over him.
If we had a situation where we could pick the ticket I could handle a combination of any of them other than Romney. Yes, I'm leaving out Paul and Hunter. Paul was viable for me until I started listening to him. Hunter is too far down on the fringe to really be considered.
So there they are, my thoughts for the moment. Maybe reviving this blog will help me get excited about one individual. The one thing I do know is that we will have to fight hard if/when Obama gets the nomination. An Obama-Clinton ticket would probably kill us but the only chance of seeing that would be if Clinton got the nom, she would never accept a Veep position.