It's a shame, really. Christie's probably the best guy for the GOP to run -- he has a darn good shot of winning overall, considering he's not viewed as a crazy conservative. I do agree he's got a tough shot in the primaries -- the hurricane incident makes for too easy ammunition against him.
Rand Paul intrigues me in that I think he could do get some momentum heading in. Who knows how he'd do in the general election -- but I feel like he has his principles, and as long as you're campaigning on your principles you've got little chance of gaffing in those regards.
I still have a hard time telling for sure whether Rand Paul's principles are actually the same as what he's saying openly, or whether he really thinks closer to like his father does but actually wants to get into office. I know he did retreat on the CRA issue, which was politically smart, but the liberal media is still going to hammer him for it. Rand Paul is, of course, smarter than they are. I just hope people are willing to listen for more than soundbites. Otherwise, Rand is screwed.
Reagan's economic performance was far below average. And when you subtract out replaying all the debt he ran up, and the interest on it, then he falls deeply into negative economic territory.
Reagan did indeed suck, but he doesn't suck to nearly the same degree as the guys that you like
You gotta remember who votes in the primaries. Although I will admit he did do a
lot of praising of Obama during the incident.
Of all the things about Christie, this is the LEAST of the things that bothers me about him. Granted, you all know I hate the political system and think almost everyone in it is despicable to the point that I wouldn't even want to be associated with them. That said, you can't think that way when you're a politician. And while I disagree with FEMA itself on principle, it exists and of course Christie is going to work with Obama when it comes to getting through the disaster. I'd be more worried about his views on gun control and things of that nature...
Yeah, that Reagan guy actually sat down and negotiated an arms control treaty with an evil empire!!!
And good for him. Although he should never have tried to provoke them by calling them that, even if it was true (That phrase would work for the USA these days...)
I don't agree with the spending, the invasion of Grenada, or the drug war, but he was good on pretty much everything else.
But he cut taxes and I think that he wouldn't have continued the high defense spending if he was President after the Cold War ended.
And he raised taxes on some. Granted, I'll give him credit for the huge cuts on the most successful, but he also raised taxes on the lowest bracket from 11-15% and destroyed deductions.
As I said, look to Coolidge for a real conservative. He wasn't perfect either but at least he did more good things than bad. Can't say that about anybody since.
He cut taxes taxes once and raised them 7 times. Even in the year he cut taxes, he did away with many deductions that made the tax cuts a net tax harm to small businesses.
Yeah, Reagan isn't as much of a conservative hero as they think...
