Club For Growth Not High On Huckabee

There are a plethera of right wing and left wing political blogs. One of them is Club for Growth. This organization has arisen in the last several years and champions limited-government, pro-growth and free enterprise policies. Mostly, they support republican candidates, but not always. It has had some success in recent elections with the candidates it supports but the organization's track record isn't quite long enough yet to really determine how effective it is in influencing political races. However, the Club for Growth blog is beginning a series of posts where it will evaluate presidential candidates pursuant to the organization's measuring stick. The first candidate to receive an evaluation is Mike Huckabee and CFG doesn't give governor Huckabee very high marks. It will be entertaining to see evaluations of other candidates.

Jerome

What To Do With Lemons?

What will it take for the right wing of the GOP to get excited about a presidential candidate? This article states that the GOP right only sees lemons among the current slate of candidates. Even Rush Limbaugh has professed his disappointment in the the field. Why doesn't John McCain, Rudy Guiliani and Mitt Romney excite the conservative base? I think it is because none of them are conservative enough. I won't rehash again in this post but I've pointed out previously where each of them fail to measure up.

What we need is a candidate to step forward with strong social and cultural values who is fiscally conservative and has that quality of electability. Is there anyone out there who fits that bill? Who possesses these qualities and can defeat Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards or whoever else might be the democratic nominee? Please, somebody stand-up and fill the void!

Jerome