Reagan was the best thing that happened to America in my lifetime. We are still reaping benefits from Reaganomics. McCain has been good at supporting laws against wasteful spending. He explained that his reason for being against the tax cuts was because controlling spending was not included in it. So, McCain is pretty good on that leg. McCain strongest leg is his military background and support of military strength. Moral values or social conservatism is the leg many values voters believe McCain is weakest on.
Reagan’s landslide win was due to his standing on the 4th leg of his elephant. He was a populist that believed “we the people” are the boss. He was against corporate greed and believed people should be paid decent wages. Reagan was able to woo moderate to conservative Democrats because of his strong moral values and populist attitude. Bush was also able to win by standing on those same 4 legs using his “passionate conservatism” form of populism. The difference between the two is Bush hasn’t been a hawk on excessive spending like he should have been.
People don’t have to buy into the global warming theory to want to have clean air or to try to find other forms of energy. We need to be able to be energy independent. Most Republicans realize we can drill new wells and build new refineries “environmentally friendly.” Huckabee could help in communicating that message. The more I study the Fair Tax; the more I like it. If Huckabee has the communication skills many of us believe he has; he might get the Fair Tax sold to McCain, the people, and Congress.
Obama is further to the left than any Democrat I can remember. I have had several Independents and Democrats tell me that if Huckabee is chosen as VP they will vote for McCain. My dad is one of those, “I was born a Democrat and I’ll die a Democrat.” Obama scares him. He is seriously thinking of voting for McCain if he chooses Huckabee; because of Huckabee’s pro-union populist stand. Both McCain and Huckabee have a history of reaching across party lines. If my diehard Democrat dad will vote for McCain if Huckabee is on the ticket; there is hope for others. We might be able to “save 08″ after all; because I believe McCain/Huckabee can win because of America’s history. If McCain is smart enough to choose Huckabee; we might even see that landslide victory again.
Very true!
People think that populism is a negative thing, but it just means actually thinking of the people’s interests for a change.
I wish all our pols were populists
Reagan is the best thing that happened to America in your lifetime??
Wonder what you would have said about him during an election if he had been up against an evangelical republican opponent? You know, your constant refrain that a candidate has to have been “CONSISTENT” on moral values to get your vote. What would you have said about Gov. Reagan who signed the “Therapeutic Abortion Act” because of a concern over women having to use “back alleys” for their abortions. The bill he signed led directly to 2 million abortions!! Later, of course, upon greater reflction and understanding, Reagan became an ardent supporter of the pro-life movement. One can only imagine the name calling Reagan would have endured from you folks simply to support one of your own. On second thought, it really does not take much of an imagination, does it?
I heard Reagan on the radio before he ran for president explaining why he changed his views and why he was so pro life that he was doing his best to promote the pro-life movement. Huckabee got into politics to be more able to do something about the moral values I hold dear. He also is for paying fair wages and against corporate greed like Reagan was. That issue is very important to my many blue collar worker family members.
No one should fault me for wanting to support the candidate that is my closest match on the issues. The only candidate match quiz that Huckabee wasn’t my closest match on was the one on FOXNEWS that had his positions wrong on 2 of the issues. Even with that mistake he was still my 2nd match. Since I knew his true positions; I knew he was honestly my closest match on that one, too.