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3.18.08 @ 12:01AM

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Either approach might be viable in the fall campaign -- but it's March, and the two Democrats are still running against each other, not a Republican. Right now, they can please one group of supporters -- but not the other. And the un-pleased group could pick up their marbles, and votes, and go home, and sit out the election in November.

The "chickens coming home to roost" phrase has been overworked, but this seems a clear case of it. After years of pandering to both special-interest groups, the Democrats have now had the matter blow up in their face.
-- Robert Nowall
Cape Coral, Florida

G. Tracy Mehan, III repeats the leftist twaddle that "the Supreme Court awarded the presidency to George W. Bush in 2000," a calumny which cannot be permitted to stand, particularly in your journal.

The Supreme Court required that the election be called upon the rules in place before everyone voted, not as the Gore campaign, the Democrat party and their minions would have had them changed in order to defeat the result under the original rules (some might say "attempted to steal the election"). If I recall correctly, the vote on that particular point was 7-2, another fact the twaddlers wish to bury.
-- Reid Bogie
Waterbury, Connecticut

CRACK A SMILE IN CONNECTICUT
Re: Andrew Cline's Nutmeg Repression:

From a serious side I'm glad Connecticut hasn't gone down that road yet, however, from a humor side, Mr. Cline will have to do better, sorry.
-- John Nelson
Hebron, Connecticut

SLOW THE VEEP DOWN
Re: James P. Lucier's How McCain Can Win the Base:

I wish everyone would slow down on the VP pick. I don't want McCain making a hasty choice. He can be comfortable for months before he has to announce his choice. Why give the democrats another candidate to shoot at when they are doing so well shooting each right now. Please, everyone, slow down.

We are all tired of the pseudo-conservatives in the administration and in congress. I sincerely believe that what is happening in the democrat party is a great opportunity for our side. If McCain wants to win the election, he will need to pick a VP that completely satisfies conservatives.

Bobby Jindal is not that person -- now. He will be a great VP pick in 4 or 8 years, and then as president one day when he follows the person who selected him as his VP. As one writer said, let's think long-term.

As to Romney, it worries me that his name is being pushed to the front. I think he would be great on economics and national security, but I don't understand why anyone believes Romney will galvanize social conservatives when he didn't do so during the primary. Nothing I have seen indicates that the supporters of Huckabee will flock to McCain with Romney on the ticket; and whether we like it or not, his Mormonism is still a factor to many evangelicals and Christian conservatives.

The man for this hour is Christopher Cox. He is the current head of the Securities & Exchange Commission, and former elected representative to the U.S. House for 16 years. It also helps that he is from Southern California, which may already cause concern for democrats with McCain as the nominee. He has a lifetime rating from the ACU (American Conservative Union) of 98. Contrast that with McCain's lifetime rating of 82.5 or Fred Thompson's at 86.5. One has to be a solid conservative to get 90+ rating.

Thompson was the conservative choice for many of us. We let the media and political pundits get away with ignoring the conservatives (no airtime) in the primary, and we allowed them to select McCain for us. Please do not let them get away with picking McCain's VP for us too.

I strongly urge everyone who claims to be a conservative to check out Cox's resume, his accomplishments, and his social life. I believe he is one of the few politicians who personally addresses the annual "life" march in Washington. I know from his speeches on the floor of the House, he is in the mold of Henry Hyde on life issues. He is as strong if not stronger than Romney on economic/fiscal issues and national security. Romney may have a little more executive experience, but Cox's accomplishments also reflect that he is a problem solver just as Romney and Jindal are.

Cox was re-elected 8 or 9 times in California as a complete conservative. Romney was elected governor once and would have been destroyed had he run for re-election. We don't have to worry about Cox's recent conversion to any conservative issue, and again, Mormonism will be an issue to some significant number of voters - the very voters McCain needs to attract to win the election. Pick Christopher Cox John McCain! Then Cox picks Jindal as his VP, and so on - long term. Let's not blow this chance to get some solidly proven conservatives lined up for the presidency.
-- David Tomaselli

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