the clear winner with the clear vision has not yet come forward. I voted for Huckabee in the last primary as the lesser of two evils and he has become even more squishy since then. But I remain hopeful….

I wrote a blog calling for people to find the new George Washington. In that blog I sited the reason why we most likely won’t. In these times everyone wants to be the boss. Everyone thinks they are better qualified than the next guy. You see it in the patriot movement, you see it in the militia movement, and you see it in social groups. The biggest problem is that people now days do not know what it takes to be a great leader. Where we once had things like honor, integrity, and wisdom; we now have compromise, fund raising, and catch phrases. It’s gotten worse because now you need to either be wealthy before you are lifted up to run for office or you need to have a bunch of wealthy backers (all of whom will want a say in policy). Now days a person of honor who is honest and wise is kept down, kept back; everyone being afraid of being thought of as lesser. Jesus said, “Before there is peace on earth the heart of man must change”. We need to promote what is good and true in this world so that we can once again be the hope of the world.

Will she run?

Because I’m sure Eric just forgot about Sarah Palin when laying out his thoughts. She has pros AND cons, just like every other potential candidate.

Sarah Palin? She is a true conservative. I don’t understand the visceral and viral dislike that conservatives have caught from the msm and the Republican establishment. She is a Conservative with a capital “C” and a fearless LEADER.

45% on either side has already decided who they will vote for. On the conservative side they don’t even have a candidate yet but they know they will vote AGAINST Obama.

That leaves 10% of what I call the “John Kerry voter” You’ll recall him describing voters that only listen to 30 second sound bytes and slogans….I think he just described his own voters so ..hence the name…..”John Kerry voters”

The least common denominator of the electorate. Uninformed, misinformed, and easily swayed . The represent what I call the WWF pre-match smack down talk crowd. Just before these people pull the voting lever they make up their minds on who got the best verbal jabs in. facts do not play in their minds.

It is THIS voter that believe will sadly decide the 2012 election. We need a candidate that can play that game…….The John Kerry voter listens to SNL and Stewart and Maher . We need a candidate that can marshal a plan to win 51% of the 10% stupid vote.

History has show us that back in 2008 John McCain didn’t want to bee seen as a RACIST and attack Obama personally for his socialist connections and his past. McCain tried to win on policy difference.

That went right over the heads of the John Kerry voter. Sarah Palin wanted to take up that role but McCain pulled her reigns in. She has proven herself and is still standing after the left went all in against her. They even succeeded in convincing some conservatives she couldn’t win and is stupid…….

I contend that the ONLY person who’s name even is on the radar screen who can win the10% smack down vote IS Palin!

We all know her and what she represents. We know her stance and her credential as a conservative. We know how much the left says…” oh please run her” and the stupid GOP once again is afraid to call that bluff.

Because that is exactly what the left is doing…bluffing…. the reason they attack her so is because they know she is the greatest threat to their socialist /Marxist plans. They know she will be the last person standing in the smack down with Obama.

They know she will wrap that teleprompter around his neck. No guts not glory conservatives…..I’m going all in with Palin….but WE will have to call her back……just think about it.

If you can agree with me that the election will be decided by the stupid 10% then ask yourself …who can win that vote!!!??

The GOP winner is the one who understands and can warble out this simple message…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU-IBF8nwSY

Mew

As we watch in horror at world events from Japan and Libya (the commercial media’s focus presently), what conservative thinker will come forward to lead our troubled nation seems strangely irrelevant to me this morning.

Reading through the comments I was surprised at the statement that we need another George Washington to come forward and provide the kind of leadership this country needs at this time.

After reading Joseph Ellis’s “His Excellency George Washington”, I truly believe that I know the mindset of the first president of American. The reason that the comment “surprised” me was that in my view, he was the right person at the right time in the right place. In my self imposed mission to understand the uniqueness of America in human history, there is a preponderance of antidotal evidence that would suggest a greater power at work behind the events of man.

Without going into a long diatribe on religion and spiritualism, it is simply enough to say that I am not a “religious” person. But if I were, the evidence that God exists, lies in that ethereal netherland of thought along the lines of “what are the chances”?

Truer statements have not been posted here than to say that we need someone “special”. In my humble opinion, events shape people, people do not shape events. Gauging “political” cache in modern society seems to be how we determine a likely candidate. Nothing has changed since Washington’s time except a small but significant point. George Washington did not want to be President. It was forced on him by events and there is no candidate that I know of today that can or will fit that mold. It’s quite possible that though more people in our country could be considered “educated” than at any other time in human history. I would offer that we are a country of “educated idiots, far too preoccupied with sensationalism, than substance.

Consequently, we will need an “event” to bring another “George Washington” to the forefront. What will that event be and has it happened already? Is the question. There are many George Washington’s in our society today, but the event that will bring him forward has not happened yet.

My two cents…(Sorry, but I’m late for work and don’t have time to go back over and edit my thoughts)…

Glenn Beck at the 8/28 rally said he was looking for a new George Washington. I think we can all agree on that……

So people are picturing someone that looks like him. Someone of his integrity and stature. Someone that is just like him.

Where I think people go wrong is that the physical size and stature of George Washington commanded an unspoken respect…for a man>

In the case of a woman I believe physical stature is quite different. My observation of Sarah Palin is that she captures the female version of George Washington. With her own style of female presence…Beauty , strength, honor , honesty, faith….all these things are what make her the next version of what this country needs.

Ole’ George never gave up when the continental army was on it’s last leg. He inspired his men and never quit. I think that describes Sarah Palin to a tee….

But alas, the GOP is looking for something they don’t even know is right in front of them…..they may continue to remain the stupid party …sadly!

well said. They are taking the low road with the left against Palin. She IS a fearless leader who loves America. So why did you leave her out Erick?

We have seen the establishment RIGHT go after Palin because she does not have THEIR kind of pedigree. She is not in the club .

This country was formed by the mutts that left Europe and wanted to create a new word. America wasn’t created by elites and nobles that arrive on these shores. It was mutts that left their homelands and risked a chance at a new life in America.

Legal immigrants that adopted and blended in to the great melting pot. It was mutts that won the war against the Nazi’s and the Japs!!!

The came home and spawned the greatest generation. So I ask why do people now want to forget that it is mutts like me and Sarah Palin that will make this country great again. Why do the GOP supporters need some elite noble to lead them?

George Washington was a mutt too…….

Cowards wanted to go to England and appease the King. Meanwhile he had already dispatched his fleet to squelch the revolution…. We need a leader who can stand up the the left and the liberal media….a proven survivor of those wars….only one name comes to mind for me….Sarah Palin IS the female George Washington .

I think George Will was right when he said that the GOP vetting is actually further along the way than many think. I also think that his list of 5 possible candidates was correct.

They are:

1) Haley Barbour
2) Mitt Romney
3) Mitch Daniels
4) Jon Huntsman
5) Tim Pawlenty

Of these, the closest thing we have to a frontrunner at present is Mitt Romney — though his vulnerabilities are obvious. Actually, all of these candidates’ weaknesses and vulnerabilities are obvious.

But I don’t see anybody else having a plausible shot. So I don’t see much point in discussing implausible candidates (Palin, Huckabee, Bachmann, Cain, Paul, Trump, Gingrich, Johnson, Bolton) let alone people who are adamant that they aren’t running (Christie, Ryan).

My favorite among the plausible contenders is Mitch Daniels. I think he’s been a phenomenal governor and is among the most able and competent politicians I’ve observed in my life.

But I’m still skeptical that he’s even going to run.

If he doesn’t, then my attention shifts to Pawlenty and Huntsman, in that order. I can’t support Romney with his healthcare thing, not to mention the fact that he seems philosophically shifty. And while I genuinely like and respect Gov. Barbour, I just don’t think he’s of presidential timber.

These women are tougher than all of the male candidates COMBINED. They have a clear understanding of our founding documents and aren’t afraid to defend them. They believe that government is the problem – not the solution.

Does Mitt Romneycare believe these things? What about Huckabee? I’m not impressed by these guys at all.

Ken Cuccinelli, II
Attorney General of Virginia

I am not happy with this bunch, it almsot assures Obama will win. We need a strong conservative to run, I hope JIm DeMint or Paul Ryan runs.
We cannot afford to let our country to be looked upon as it has been under Obama, he is stilll voting present, especially on Libya the past few weeks. France is now the new leader of the free world? I’ts a sad state of affais when Obama can’t decide to if he should do anything on Libya, I get the impression that he does not want to do anything about it. Let France lead and we’ll sit it out?

Huckabee is becoming the most popular GOPer accroding to Gallup. Also his book, “A Simple Gvoernment” is #2 on the NYT best seller list. People are listening to Huck. Huck advisers are meeting with campaign consultants in Iowa and South Carolina. Plus HuckPAC is raising money. With polls showing Huck in a good position in both in the primary & general election, I think Huck jumps into the race. Church going Americans will rally to Huck’s side. Huckabee has the character and conservative principles to defeat Obama.

To save space here; allow me to direct you to another conservative site where I have had posted several articles pertaining to the ladies who are definitely in contention. The site is patritpost.us or Patriot Post.com under ‘commentary’. Please read four articles entitled,
“Who Won On Nov 2″, “A Capable Majority”; “Genesis of Change” and “Solid Ticket” all posted in 2011.

Tom Davis

I think the rhetorical key conservatives need to re-grasp is to distinguish between America and the federal government. One of the worst side-effects of democracy is the way it engenders the myth that the government = the people, which it never does. One result of this myth is that any time someone criticizes the federal government, they open themselves up to the charge of criticizing America. To these people, if you’re against the Obama stimulus, you’re unpatriotic, to be against Obamacare is to be un-American, to claim that the foreign interventions American politicians have burdened taxpayers with have also resulted in resentment and blowback is to “blame America.”

But when we regain that distinction between the government and the nation, and we make that distinction a part of our message, we’re no longer subject to those charges. Our answer becomes, “Don’t accuse me of blaming America when I’m blaming the government.” And if we’re consistent about that, it shows voters a consistent and coherent conservative philosophy that has been lacking in the GOP since the days of the Old Right.

The other payoff is that it allows us to tout American greatness, not despite our anti-big government tendencies, but precisely because of them. Our definition of American greatness is that it is inversely related to government largess. To make one increase is to make the other decrease. Like our founders, we want to make America greater by lightening the burden of the government that subjugates it. And like the Old Right, it is precisely our opposition to our gigantic federal government that warrants calling us “America Firsters.”

Ironically, that’s exactly why I would have had trouble supporting Pence for President. He’s great on a lot of things. But he’s no America-Firster.

In 1920, Jackson Hole, Wyoming was home to numerous bad guys.
They had no respect for the law or the order the decent townspeople sought. Wyoming was the first State to grant univesal suffrage.Five courageous ladies ran doe the five elective offices on a platform of decency and throw the bums out. They were swept into office on this ‘Reform’ platform. The position of Town Marshall was not an elective office, but a resident of Jackson was home for the summer. At age 22, Pearl Williams, an excellent horsewoman and a deadon Crackshot with a pistol (either a .38 Cal or a .45 Colt Hogleg.) Her reputation was so well known in the “Hole” that in her three month tenure, she and the other ladies cleaned up Jackson Hole, Wyoming. How do I know this? Pearl was my Aunt and she lived to the ripe old age of 97. Women have talents they haven’t even used yet..

We all know that is true. America must reclaim her greatness. Our next President must believe this, express it emphatically and do everything possible to remove the false doctrines of collective responsibility and political correctness.

We don’t want talking points or tailored messages. We want passion and conviction. We don’t want micromanagement experience, we want a leader who can inspire people to manage themselves. We want a President of good intention and uplifting vision who is willing to do whatever is necessay to acknowledge America as the Great Country.

Actually, I really don’t.

We know who the candidates are out their fishing to see if they are going to run. So far we don’t have anybody that’s thrown their hats in the ring, except Pawlenty.

I have already spent the last two years examining who we might get to run in 2012. Their records are all on the table as plain as day.

I too like what Newt says, but he’s still touting that fake Clinton surplus and I wouldn’t trust him with the money. Romney? All you have to do is say to me is Romneycare. I have no trust in Daniels, Barbour, Pawlenty. I love Rudi, but there is also some trust issues. I’ve looked at Christi whom to me has some serious flaws.

In August of 2008, McCain couldn’t even get a yawn out of the electorate until August 29th…and in less than 3 weeks SHE was polling even with, then, 2%, and 3% above Obama. I’ve examined her record, I’ve watched her as well as all the other candidates. She’s done a couple of things I didn’t agree with, but I also have seen her as a terrific strategist. Plus, because of her record which is clear as a bell, I trust her! She was the ONLY politician willing to stand up to Obama and call a spade a spade by informing Americans that he sees America through the eyes of domestic terrorists like Bill Ayers, and other anti-Americans. The republican establishment almost went berserk when she was ready to go in for the Obama kill! And she would’ve done it! She also felled Obamacare with two words…death panels! And she feels the same call as Washington and Reagan. She had Obama beat in 2008 until they pulled out the nice financial crisis hoax the minute she started polling above Obama, and dumbarse McCain rushed back to Washington to support it.

I would love to see a Palin/West White House, with Jan Brewer in charge of Homeland Security, maybe Newt as Secretary of State, and the many others that also believe America is the shining city on the hill all advising and protecting her back! Even Ron Paul in a special chair keeping an eyeball on the Federal Reserve. (Someone surely needs to ride herd over the international consortium printing up fiat money out of thin air.) I would also like to see some drill baby drill!

I realize this could be a pipe dream…and then maybe it isn’t.

I highly trust Mike Pence and Jim DeMint who apparently don’t feel the calling to lead, but would make excellent members of the team. And then maybe they, like Palin, are eyeballing the best strategic moment to throw their hat in the ring! If they do, then my dream could shift. And then maybe they are having a thought that I’m having…would just another republican white guy be able to win it? Do they have what it takes to motivate the masses? I don’t know. They are men of action and few words! But they take a stance and they back it up.

There is another factor that enters this picture. Do we really know that Obama is going to be the commie’s candidate? I know Bill and Billery will never give up on a Clinton White House dynasty. I suspect there is nothing off the table should the democrats feel threatened in the next election. I do know that they are desperate right now. Obama is tanking big time and his appearance to the many is sociopathic and the inner circle keeps decamping.

So right now, unless things change, I know who I will support SHOULD she run. And until there is a bell tolling change, I’m not going to wring my hands in desperation. We all know that WHOEVER runs against this regime, we’re gong to vote for them because we’re not going to have a choice. It’s do or die time for the American dream.

I want someone who isn’t ashamed to stand up and say “I’m American and I want to be the next President”. I want someone who adamantly believes in this nation and her people. I want someone who will return us to the Rule of Law, even it means saying “politics be da**ed”.

That person hasn’t come to light yet, and time for the election is growing closer with each day that passes.

http://www.270towin.com/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/2010-race-maps/senate/?wpsrc=AG0000763&keyword=2010%20election%20map&cre=5034313150&g=1&s_kwcid=TC|10356|2010%20election%20map||S||5034313150

The numbers game of electoral votes ins the magic 270. The first link show red and blue states from the 2008 election . The second link show how things changed in 2010 and to the left there are tabs to see how the Tea Party effected the colors of red vs blue as well.

I would offer up that Fla, PA , Ohio, VA , and NC may be up for grabs by the GOP in 2012 . They total 95 electoral votes needed to put the conservatives across the 270 mark. That is if all other states can be held.

The November election was a referendum on Obama and his policies . All we really have to do IMO is all get on the same page and not over cook this simple recipe for success. Pick someone and lets get down to work defeating the progressives, communists, socialists, America haters , entitlement crowd , and the anti-colonialist in chief himself!!!

On more than one occasion, I’ve heard Marco Rubio channel Reagan. And he does it with a conviction and sincerity I’ve yet to see from the current front-runners. He just has the knack. Check out some of his campaign and constituent update videos. He would mop the floor with BHO in any debate and the American people (SF lefties excluded) would be left with optimism.

I agree with you Erick….for 2012, I’m still looking.

On more than one occasion, I’ve heard Marco Rubio channel Reagan. And he does it with a conviction and sincerity I’ve yet to see from the current front-runners. He just has the knack. Check out some of his campaign and constituent update videos. He would mop the floor with BHO in any debate and the American people (SF lefties excluded) would be left with optimism.

I agree with you Erick….for 2012, I’m still looking.

Cain is conservative across the board from everything I have seen. And RedState has been pretty supportive of him in the past. Why does no one seem to be taking his run seriously? He is out there busting his rear in Iowa, NH, etc. I think he is a good choice. I know the MSM has been ignoring him, but I don’t understand why the conservative media isn’t promoting him more.

I also really think we need to draft Allen West. He is my very favorite candidate. West is so darn smart, and he inspires people. I would trust him more than any of the others when it comes to national security and foreign policy… And he is fiscally conservative as well. There is a draft Allen West page on Facebook if anyone is interested.

You are right about Huckabee’s oratorical skills and love of country. He is the one candidate who is truly inspirational. He is the one candidate who will thrash BHO in a debate. He has the experience and common sense conservative approach. I am absolutely sold and hope you will be too!

Mike Huckabee has the most governing experience out of any of the potential 2012 candidates. He was voted one of the five best governors in 2005. Huckabee served as governor for 10 1/2 years and left office only due to term limits. His approval rating was in the 60’s.

While Governor of the state of Arkansas, Huckabee:

- Doubled the child care tax credit in 1997.
- Eliminated the capital gains tax on the sale of a home.
- Indexed Arkansas’ state income tax to inflation, keeping people from being pushed into higher tax brackets.
- Cut taxes nearly 100 times in his state.
- Eliminated the state income tax for families below the poverty level.
- Left his state with almost $1 billion surplus, a state record.
- Cut welfare rolls by 50 %.
- Balanced the state budget of Arkansas every year he was governor in Arkansas.
- Led efforts to establish the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights and a Property Taxpayer Bill of Rights for uniform notice and due process.
- Plus he made the interstate road system in Arkansas one of the best in the nation, where it had been among the worst, bringing in more trucking and trade. And the small tax the voters raised was repealed once the roads were complete.
-Carried out 16 executions in his time as governor of Arkansas which refutes his opponents’ claims that he’s soft on crime.
- Signed a ban on partial birth abortion.
- Worked to grant school administrators more flexibility in hiring and firing poor teachers.
- Moved Arkansas from grade “F” to a “C” in Charitable Choice compliance so Arkansas was only one of twelve states to pass.

All this was accomplished by Governor Huckabee while facing a legislature with 89 Democrats out of 100 legislators in the House and only four Republicans in the 35-seat Senate.

Since then, Mike Huckabee has done a great job talking about the fiscal/economic issues that our country is facing.

Honestly, I am not excited about any of those who have already thrown their hat in so far. I respect and admire Gov. Palin, but there are some problems with her candidacy that cannot be overlooked.

I like what Cain has to say and I agree with him, but the fact that he does not have any legislative experience may be to large of a hurdle for him to jump.

I keep praying and hoping that someone like Jhindal or Rubio will step up to the plate and run or maybe Pence would have a change of heart and run. Any one of those guys I would be excited to support.

Till someone announces and the public speaking begin plus we see actual economic plans and spending goals then we should all be optimistic and wary of all suitors for nomination.

No need to be disappointed with the choices thus far as none have sold themselves and the liberal media are conspiring to show us the worst in each candidate so we’ll want to sit out 2012 which gives Obama a win if the keep us down. The media don’t spend too much time on actual policy plans even during the last six months or before the fight begins, its mostly cosmetic so right now more than ever we need to focus on the positives or America loses in 2012.

Herman Cain is really the only guy in the field that I believe cannot only win the general election, but also energize the tea party (i.e. conservative base).

He hasn’t held office before, but what does that matter? Office holders haven’t done much for us in the past.

Also, we desperately need more business experience in the government.

When the nation was forged, most folks who were involved in politics had a farm or some means of income they obtained through their own means (vs. working for somebody else). As our country has moved from agricultural to industrial, we have a far shallower pool of people involved in politics who are actually businessmen.

In the past, it would have been weird to see so very few without business experience. It would have disqualified the typical candidate.

Herman Cain is really the only guy in the field that I believe cannot only win the general election, but also energize the tea party (i.e. conservative base).

He hasn’t held office before, but what does that matter? Office holders haven’t done much for us in the past.

Also, we desperately need more business experience in the government.

When the nation was forged, most folks who were involved in politics had a farm or some means of income they obtained through their own means (vs. working for somebody else). As our country has moved from agricultural to industrial, we have a far shallower pool of people involved in politics who are actually businessmen.

In the past, it would have been weird to see so very few without business experience. It would have disqualified the typical candidate.

This article, and the comments that have followed, have greatly disturbed me: on a site with purportedly informed individuals, we shouldn’t be talking about how someone’s personality, looks, or a speech qualify them as President. I like those things, but really: we are talking about the leader of the free world here, not American Idol. For that matter, I don’t need to be lectured about what love of country is: I already have it, and I certainly don’t need some bottom-feeding politician to teach me how to get it. What I want is someone who understands our problems and can deal with them in a mature fashion: anything else is a nice extra, but irrelevant. For crying out loud, we just elected a guy based on sloganeering: we don’t need put-on love of patria to become the right-wing equivalent to “hope and change”.

Mike Huckabee is clearly the man for the job. Let’s get busy and elect him in 2012.