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Originally Posted by Rick Lee
I don't follow. Obama is 180 deg. opposed to the GOP candidates you mention. Do you choose your guy based on tv likeability or on issues? No Sec. of State is gonna have an easy job if the president doesn't back him up with threat of force. Do you see any Dem president doing that for Richardson if he heads State? Why is Huckabee good VP material, but Romney is your guy? Both were governors, one is devout Mormon, the other devout Baptist. Do they differ so much in views? And you whine about how packaged and polished Thompson is, yet say you like Romney over Huckabee? Romney (don't get me wrong, I like the guy) is about as polished as my grandma's silverware on hoildays. Huckabee seems to me to be the most honest and down to Earth, while doing a far better job of connecting with folks than Romney with a fraction of the campaign budget.
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There's a good mix of realism and subjectivity mixed into the list Rick and would take some time for me to balance out the issues.
Huckabee is clearly the best candidate as he talks a lot about PREVENTIVE policy measures versus reactive. That's great management and leadership. But he doesn't believe in evolution. Tough to balance that. I don't want our President to be another dufus.
Romney has one of the best track records of successful leadership in the country. No whining Rick. He's got the biggest balls of all of them and doesn't run away from questions like Fred does.
Obama is a natural leader. He is charismatic and has 1 or 2 good ideas. he needs 10 years on him to run for President to pull him a little more to the middle.
Time permitting, i map out fairly rational, complex decision trees for the candidates above, but sadly we don't have any beers or whiteboards on hand.