Originally Posted by
Purple Glow
Mike Huckabee definitely. Romney is no good since he did Romneycare in Massachusetts. I don't trust him because of that.
Part of the problem with the republican party right now is the three-legged stool is broken. Traditionally, the GOP is comprised of 3 factions working together: the religious wing, the small government wing, and the military wing. In modern times, the small government wing seems to be attacking the religious wing. We're losing sight of the goal - that the common enemy is the democrats. Huckabee normally would be the guy, but with the small government types attacking the religious wing, he's diminished somewhat.
Hopefully republicans can put all their differences aside and work together to beat Obama. But the only person who can really do that is Huckabee.
The Tea Party types HATED John McCain because he was a phony as it was. McCain's language was to fight against the "special interests" and the "money in Washington", which was code speak for fighting against corporations. That means he was actually a democrat. A phony. If the GOP nominates another phony in Romney, that might be enough to tear the republican party apart as the ones who are wise will go form their own party based on real conservative principles.
Bush was a moderate was it was with his debt spending. Conservatives don't believe in debt spending, but put up with it from him. Then they nominate a democrat for president in McCain. If they follow that up with nominating ROMNEY, who pushed socialized medicine, I'll definitely leave the GOP. Its pointless if they won't fight for conservative principles.