Because most philosophies that frown on reproduction don't survive.

Monday, January 07, 2008

Iowa: Economic Conservatives Feel the Pain


Total free fall.










You are so right!

I'm actually starting to like Huckabee more (I'm still a Duncan Hunter guy, though) because he combines my two favorite reforms: the abolition of both abortion and federal income taxation.

He's wrong on some other issues, but hey, Giulianiacs have been drilling it into me for months that I can't have a perfect candidate.

Of course, party unity is a one-way street. I should "get past" the abortion issue, but let a candidate with a poor fiscal policy record gain momentum, and suddenly the party is going to hell.

It only firms up my resolution not to support Giuliani if he's nominated.

Darwin said...

I think this underlines that if we want party unity (and we can't win without it) Huckabee and Giuliani are both out. And Ron Paul is pretty much out just for being too off the wall.

The realistic possibilities, so far as I can see, are Romney, McCain and Thompson.

jawats said...

I think (contra Vox-Nova) that McCain should be it.

Sarahndipity said...

I pretty much agree with your analysis here. I hope the GOP is starting to realize that they can’t ignore us pro-lifers.

I like Huckabee overall. I’m a bit more liberal on economic issues and I actually like his economic populism. That said, I’m a bit nervous about his lack of foreign policy experience, and I don’t think he could win the general election.

There’s a lot I like about McCain, too. He’s much more experienced, and I think he would have a much better shot at winning the general election. I don’t like Romney or Thompson much. I guess you could say my heart is leaning towards Huckabee and my head is leaning towards McCain.

I’ve heard the possibility of a McCain-Huckabee ticket floating around the blogosphere, which I think would be awesome.