2008 Tournament for the Oval Office

In watching this race, I am not quite sure where to start.

First, let me talk about the Iowa winners: Governor Huckabee and Senator Obama. I don't want either one to win the nomination.

For the GOP, I don't want Huckabee because he is too left-leaning to be a Conservative Republican. His track record and his belief system for making policy make him too easy to beat in a head-to-head race with the Democrats. He is setting himself up for the same fall that many Republican Congressmen did in 2006 by shifting towards the left on issues. The Democrats did not win in 2006, Republicans gave it all away. This is the year we restore order, and Huckabee just is not the man.

Rudy Guliani is not the man. He'd be a great leader of Congress as the Vice President, but he is not the true conservative we need at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Ron Paul's goofy self doesn't need to be considered, either.

John McCain is too much a wild card to be our conservative leader. He plays footsie with the left too much. He gets things proposed and written, but he gives up too much to get anything done. He'll give away the house to save the barn. He'll give away the land to save the crops. He is also someone the Democrats want to run against because he is a lot like them, and they think they can beat him.

There are two men who truly need to be considered to run on the Republican ticket, and it does not matter who is at the top of the ticket. I am talking about the Governor Mitt Romney and former Senator Fred Thompson. A Romney-Thompson ticket would be outstanding.

Romney won the governorship in a ultra-Liberal state. He led the way and he is a strong, fundamentally-sound leader. You could say that I am sMITTen with Mr. Romney as a candidate.

Fred Thompson is the one true sensible conservative. He has a very calm, collected, intelligent, and common-sensical way about him. He is not in the ankle-biting, backstabbing, and name calling that the rest of the field is in to. Thompson wants to focus on issues and on what we need to do to continue to grow our economy, protect our borders, and fight terrorism from taking innocent lives.

I would love to see Mr. Thompson take the lead with the young, upstart Romney in the number two spot. Eight years from now, we'll see Mr. Romney slide into the number one slot with, perhaps, former Virginia Governor George Allen make a political comeback in 2016? One unfortunate problem within the Republican party is that one potentially great presidential candidate has the wrong last name.

Jeb Bush did outstanding things in Florida. I would like to see the former governor take a crack at the White House in 2016, after an 8 year Thompson presidency.

On the other side, I want Hillary to win the nomination. She is beatable. Why? Because once she is exposed, people will realize that by the end of her first term, everyone in America will be handing their paychecks to the government and might get a weekly allowance back. I mean, where is the money for Universal Health Care, Universal Pre-K Education, Universal College Grants for Undocumented Workers, Universal Car Insurance, Universal Plastic Surgery Coverage, and every other plan she wants to just give away? I want to see Hillary win, because we can beat her.

I am scared of Obama and Edwards.

Especially Barak Hussein Obama. He is too much of an unknown. What do we know about him? What has he done in less than one term in the Senate to be qualified to run the world? Why is he so bent on keeping his Muslim beliefs under wraps (while the left fires attacks on Romney for being Mormon?)? We do not know enough about Obama and he has accomplished little to nothing in Congress to show him worthy of being President.

What has Edwards done? He was too young and inexperienced to be president in 2004, so what has he done the last four years? Edwards talks a good game, but he is nothing but a power-hungry lawyer. He is part of the reason for the high costs of health care. He sued doctors and hospitals with frivilous lawsuits to make a name for himself. He owns part of a company that has been foreclosing on Katrina victims. He is a money-hungry, power-hungry, spineless weasel that has accomplished nothing. He was so bad as a Congressman, that he dropped out of his reelection bid because he knew the residents of North Carolina were not going to reelect him.

So, with just under 300 days to go, I am looking forward to Mr. Thompson grabbing this bull by the horns and leading the GOP to victory. Right now he is waiting in the wings, letting Rudy and McCain and Romney take each other out, and when the dust is settled and we are ready to focus on issues, Mr. Thompson will take the lead.

It should be a fun ride!