Since we are compelled by the media these days to choose our Presidential candidates more than a year before we, well, choose our Presidential candidates, let me throw in my choice: For the record, I am a Fred Thompson fan. Rudy is OK, but he strikes me as too much a "government is the answer" conservative (and we already got one of those...). And Mitt is from Massachusetts. I used to live in the Bay State, so I know what "conservative" means to them. End of story. The others running for the GOP nod are all ankle biters; except for Ron Paul, who who takes "biting" to a whole new level, if you know what I mean.... This image from
Frank J I think sums up Fred's platform pretty well:

I can't argue with that.