We are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.
I wish more voters would look not just at the candidate, but at the thousands of political operatives they bring into the management of the country.
Clinton's 90s civil-service leftovers have done frightful damage inside the gov't, in order to sink everything the admin has tried to do (including war, economy, and critical fiscal reform).
Nobody can contain their damage even when they're a minority party, even when they're out of the White House (with the furniture & silverware).
So just imagine them back inside.
First off, heads will roll, and they'll be the best heads, the ones who have been trying to hold the line against socialism and corruption. Just like last time.
Rudy is ready. Now a good running mate is gonna be BIG cause it's gonna probably be Hillary & Obama as the opposition.
Please Republican wanna be's shelve some ego and unify behind a man who can win. I don't know what the negatives numbers look like for Newt but I sure would hate to debate that guy. If his negatives aren't too high then the G-Men could win...imagine Rudy waxing the debate floor with Hiilary and Obama would stand NO chance of out debating Newt.
Another plus is that Rudy will probably never spend over $1.98 for a hair cut.
I have NEVER, NEVER understood, why it is that our current president did not go in and clean house (which it is right to do) of top level appointees. Was he trying to be Mr. Moderne nice guy? Is it that he had to force an election? If you look at the early millitary decisions that were a disaster: Abu Gharib, and the Millitary leader from the Phillipines, who was really useless in protecting the police trianing academies early on. In these two examples alone you have minorities appointed to positions of authority for which they were not qualified. We might even ask: why has he stuck with Condy Rice? Mr. PC? ya think?