Super Tuesday Poll

**Roguish Lawyer** · 01-30-2008, 16:05

OK, the Republican field has narrowed. Who do you support currently? Why?

jwt5 · 01-30-2008, 16:38

As a registered Independent in the state of Florida, I couldn't vote in the primary.

So I have to wait and see who everybody else decides...

01-30-2008, 16:48

Hoping Romney wins the nomination. I will not vote for McCain.

Shar · 01-30-2008, 17:24

You can argue that they are both RINO's very validly - but McCain isn't backing off his untenable positions with regard to taxes and immigration. However, I'll only vote GOP.

This article coming out in the Weekly Standard sums up my feelings nicely:
"McCain seems to delight in taking positions that upset conservatives, as he did at virtually every campaign stop in New Hampshire by going out of his way to talk about global warming."
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Conten...mibdg.asp?pg=1

I think he'll end up with the nomination, and then I'll vote for him - but I'm a little irritated that he isn't at least trying to play a conservative.

Gypsy · 01-30-2008, 17:31

It sickens me to say I'm still undecided. Definitely not Ron Paul, and I don't think I can bring myself to vote for McCain. I'm not terribly thrilled with the other two...

**Pete** · 01-30-2008, 17:33

I make my fight in the primaries.

I do not make a statement with my vote in the general election.

Third party, stay at home, write in - they all mean the same thing, a vote for the opposition.

**Peregrino** · 01-30-2008, 17:39

Let's see --- Caligula or Nero? Hmmmmm.

No good choices anywhere. Where's the Praetorian Guard when the Republic needs them? (I know - the historical equivalent of mixed metaphors.

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Pete - Couldn't agree more. I WILL NOT support an overt/avowed enemy of this country's ideals by pulling a temper tantrum. At this point McCain is (unfortunately) the least of the available evils.

3SoldierDad · 01-30-2008, 17:56

I'm for John McCain.

For one simple reason - Security.

McCain is neither economically nor socially conservative enough to be an ideal candidate for me, but that is way beside the point. I've never had the opportunity to vote for an ideal candidate.

It is my belief that Mitt Romney, as a successful entrepreneur and a successful governor, he can best serve the nation's economic interests - But, at the end of the day the President can not do much to intrinsically help or hurt the economy. The President, together with the congress, contributes to taxation and regulatory policies, but when considering the engine that drives the economy, those are fairly nominal powers.
It is my belief that Huckabee can best serve the nation as a moral and cultural leader; as a social conservative I like Mike Huckabee - And, darn it, he sure can talk (Wow, what a change he'd be from the butchered idiom of Bush) - But, at the end of the day the President can't do much to help or hurt the the nation's morality. True, he can nominate and endeavor to appoint strict constructionists to the Supreme Court and to the Federal Courts - And, that is certainly a strong and influential power; nevertheless, the President fails to rise to the level of being a definitive social power.
Three things matter for my decision for who should be President - SECURITY, SECURITY, SECURITY - security in my person, security for my family/community, and security for the nation - The President can definitely help or hurt the country in one absolutely meaningful way and that is by being a strong or weak Commander and Chief. We're at war. We need a President who can lead us in a time of war.

Among the three men, McCain is the only remaining candidate who gives me any real solace in this regard.

Three Soldier Dad...Chuck

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kgoerz · 01-30-2008, 18:08

Am I the only one tired of voting for the Candidate I dislike the least

3SoldierDad · 01-30-2008, 18:34

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Originally Posted by kgoerz

Am I the only one tired of voting for the Candidate I dislike the least

You're not alone. I'm 48 - And, I've been sick of it for 30 years. Seriously, democracy as a system sucks.

The reality, however, is that it sucks less than other systems of government. Sometimes, to be honest, I do wonder. The whole thing stinks. As I get older I realize how cruddy much of life and this world really is. I've come to the conclusion that things aren't getting worse, but rather I'm simply becoming more aware of how lousy everything has always been. In short, this is how I became religious as a young man. Politics stinks; so much in life has a disgusting underbelly...So much in this world has a dark punch-line.

As I've aged I've become a realist. My quest now is to encourage and back the least bad for the least bad outcome. In a way, this is our best choice - the alternative is to do nothing and IMO that is worse. The Perot idealists in 1992 gave us Bill Clinton. I would submit that Bill Clinton gave us 9/11 by not getting Osama Bin Laden when it was possible. Naive idealism can be deadly.

Idealists who think that Utopia is ready to break-out upon us via some "political personality" are naive and foolish...And, in the end, they will feel betrayed, cynical, and lonley.

Three Soldier Dad...Chuck

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incommin · 01-30-2008, 18:56

I'll vote McCain. I do not agree with all his views. I don't think I have ever agreed with all the views of anyone person I have voted for. We are all different.

There will not be another Reagan. There is no virgin out there for the far Right. And that is fine with me because I am not far right; just right of center.

About one third of the US is GOP, about one third Democrats, and the rest are Independent and other. The GOP or the Dems can get elected without part of that last third. And none of them will vote for anyone far right.

I believe it is more important to keep Shillery and Obama out of the white house than cry about the GOP field. I know what McCain does stand for and will not be surprised. I can not say that with the rest of the field.

My .02

Jim

lksteve · 01-30-2008, 19:12

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Originally Posted by kgoerz

Am I the only one tired of voting for the Candidate I dislike the least

Nope...

gits · 01-30-2008, 20:47

Hoping Romney gets the nomination, and hope he picks up Fred Thompson for VP, McCain is not conservative enough.

**Eagle5US** · 01-30-2008, 20:53

McCain screams security yet his immigration policy equates to little more than "fluid borders".

I am in fear for the future of my Nation and home.

Hillary will never receive my vote. Whoever the republican nominee is will receive my vote.

If I don't vote, I have no right to bitch, gripe, or complain.

Eagle

**The Reaper** · 01-30-2008, 21:01

Anybody who picked Fred for VP would get my vote, especially if he were as old and potentially infirm as McCain. They are friends, were co-sponsors, and Fred never attacked McCain with any vigor.

Look closely at who McCain's VP is, we may see him take the office of POTUS.

I am inclined to vote None of the Above, but I may eventually be forced to accept the cold fact that McCain is the only nominee likely to be able to beat any of the Dem candidates.

I am not pleased by this fact, nor happy to have him as POTUS, except for the fact that he is better than Hillary or Obama by some small measure.

Romney has changed positions too often on everything from abortion, to gay marriage, to guns, to taxes. I am not sure that he knows what he believes anymore, except what the polls tell him he needs to believe.

Huckabee cannot win a national Presidential election.

TR