A positive political post (part 2)
August 28th 2007 04:09
In my last post, I outlined what I thought were the most positive and appealing traits of the three leading candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination. I would now like to do the same thing for the three leading candidates for the Republican presidential nomination.
The first challenge is identifying the top three candidates. Right now, the top three are Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, and John McCain. However, by most accounts, Fred Thompson will be getting into the race soon and he will immediately be included in the top tier. Personally, I think that John McCain has almost no chance of getting the presidential nomination at this point. For that reason, I'm going to limit this to Giuliani, Romney, and Thompson.
Republicans:
Rudy Giuliani: Being a former prosecutor, I think that he would be tough on crime. Similarly, I think that he would be tough in the war on terror (having experienced it firsthand as mayor of New York City on 9/11). Also, from what I understand, he is a champion of efficient -- but limited -- government. That would a very welcome change after years of big-government conservatism and big-government liberalism. Also, he favors federalism. I'm very much in favor of limiting the federal government and pushing decisions and responsibilities out to the states whenever possible. Finally, he may be most capable of beating Hillary in a general election.
Mitt Romney: He has the most executive experience of all the candidates. He was CEO of a company, CEO of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, and governor of Massachusetts. And his experience is not like that of George "silver spoon" Bush. He is extremely intelligent, having graduated as Valedictorian at BYU and having graduated with a JD/MBA from Harvard (cum laude from the law school and in the top 5% from the business school). I like his socially conservative views (even if it took him a while to get to them). Also, he just LOOKS the most presidential of all the candidates. That shouldn't matter, but it does.
Fred Thompson: I like the fact that he already has name recognition. Other candidates make lots of promises to rich campaign donors in order to get the money to run for the presidency and "buy" name recognition. Thompson won't need to do that, so he wouldn't be beholden to as many benefactors on day 0 in the White House. And while I understand that he is an actor, he comes across as being down-to-earth. If it is an act, he does it well. Finally, he seems to be a fiscal and a social conservative with a voting record that will not betray him. In that respect, he already has an advantage over Giuliani and Romney.
And that's it. Those are the positive traits of the top three Republicans. In upcoming posts, I'll "go negative" and outline what I don't like about the top candidates (starting with the Democrats).
The first challenge is identifying the top three candidates. Right now, the top three are Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, and John McCain. However, by most accounts, Fred Thompson will be getting into the race soon and he will immediately be included in the top tier. Personally, I think that John McCain has almost no chance of getting the presidential nomination at this point. For that reason, I'm going to limit this to Giuliani, Romney, and Thompson.
Republicans:
Rudy Giuliani: Being a former prosecutor, I think that he would be tough on crime. Similarly, I think that he would be tough in the war on terror (having experienced it firsthand as mayor of New York City on 9/11). Also, from what I understand, he is a champion of efficient -- but limited -- government. That would a very welcome change after years of big-government conservatism and big-government liberalism. Also, he favors federalism. I'm very much in favor of limiting the federal government and pushing decisions and responsibilities out to the states whenever possible. Finally, he may be most capable of beating Hillary in a general election.
Mitt Romney: He has the most executive experience of all the candidates. He was CEO of a company, CEO of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, and governor of Massachusetts. And his experience is not like that of George "silver spoon" Bush. He is extremely intelligent, having graduated as Valedictorian at BYU and having graduated with a JD/MBA from Harvard (cum laude from the law school and in the top 5% from the business school). I like his socially conservative views (even if it took him a while to get to them). Also, he just LOOKS the most presidential of all the candidates. That shouldn't matter, but it does.
Fred Thompson: I like the fact that he already has name recognition. Other candidates make lots of promises to rich campaign donors in order to get the money to run for the presidency and "buy" name recognition. Thompson won't need to do that, so he wouldn't be beholden to as many benefactors on day 0 in the White House. And while I understand that he is an actor, he comes across as being down-to-earth. If it is an act, he does it well. Finally, he seems to be a fiscal and a social conservative with a voting record that will not betray him. In that respect, he already has an advantage over Giuliani and Romney.
And that's it. Those are the positive traits of the top three Republicans. In upcoming posts, I'll "go negative" and outline what I don't like about the top candidates (starting with the Democrats).
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