Viguerie: We need a conservative compromise candidate to deliver us from this quagmire!
posted at 6:58 pm on February 4, 2008 by Allahpundit
He suggests Tom Coburn or George Allen, one of whom no one outside Oklahoma’s ever heard of, the other of whom would couldn’t fend off Jim Webb as an incumbent and would be slow-grilled by the left for the duration of the campaign for his “macaca” comment. Mark Sanford, the governor of South Carolina, is a promising alternative but he’s too much of a no-name to seriously compete with rock stars like Hillary or Obama at this point. If Geraghty’s figures are right, Maverick will have 600+ delegates in the bank by tomorrow night; the only way for a dark-horse to jump in and stop him at that point, as far as I know, would be either to (a) declare immediately and somehow beat him soundly in the remaining primaries with no money and no organization or (b) hope Romney and Huckabee hang in for the rest of the campaign and do well enough to deny McCain enough delegates to clinch. That would mean a brokered convention. But who has enough name recognition and conservative cache to unite the party behind them after a divisive primary fight? The only person I can think of is Newt, but Newt has so much baggage that it’d be suicide to put him out there, especially against Obama. The only other rock star on our side is Schwarzenegger and he can’t run (and McCain-haters wouldn’t want him to). Am I missing anyone else? This is our whole problem right now — lots of singles hitters, not so many home-run hitters.
Update: Surprise — a guy who thinks George Allen is a viable presidential candidate supports the Only Man Who Can Save America.
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evilgenius!trs on February 4, 2008 at 10:47 PM
Keyes is much more conservative than any of the remaining candidates. What’s more he’s one of the few possibilities who was directly appointed by Reagan. If you want a hardline conservative you’d be mad not to go with Keyes. If you’re more interested in the GOP winning the election, you may as well go with McCain, whose record is certainly no worse than Mitt Con-mey’s. I’m still stunned that he voted for Tsongas.
Pax americana on February 4, 2008 at 10:52 PM
I also would like to see John Cornyn run, although he might not have enough name recognition outside of Texas.
TX Mom on February 4, 2008 at 11:01 PM
Congressman Mike Pence (IN-6) has a reputation as a smart, nice guy. He holds Santorum-like positions without the creepy Huck-esque imposition of his personal beliefs on others. A couple years ago I was hoping for Allen-Pence ’08, now I think Mike could be this generation’s Reagan following a tragic Carter redux with Hillary.
Oh, and he has to prove that like Reagan, he is a good communicator. Pence thus far has not been unclear, but he hasn’t been heard as loudly as RR was prior to ’80. This is the same reason Allen should stay retired: He had horrible message control. If instead of going through five reactions over a course of weeks he had simply come out with how he saw his younger self reflected in the heckler (the word “macaca” was directed at Allen by his mother when he was a rambunctious child) but how Virginia needed even-tempered adults.
raybury on February 4, 2008 at 11:21 PM
Rudy!
:D
Chakra Hammer on February 4, 2008 at 11:53 PM
FRANK J!
MarkoMancuso on February 5, 2008 at 12:03 AM
That happens at a convention only if someone finds a big enough sledgehammer to swing in the back room
Motel photos, copies of receipts, a couple good witnesses, medical records showing no remission, etc.
The political nutcases do not let go their delegates except for cold hard reasons that benefit them, not us.
Especially in the current GOP, there is little altruism, or we would not have seen the trickery and collusion going on to manipulate the early primaries by running a stable of pretenders to split the vote
Today, I see Bush Jr as a little pea in the last big shell game played on the conservative wing
Reagan needed a nation in crisis to uproot the mugwumps
Our crisis is just unfolding. Impressive how they have kept the mortgage bubble from bursting as long as they did. Took a lot of overtime at the Treasury printing presses. Let the stagflation begin.
There is always hope, which is why the big shots are shaking their fists at the conservatives to scare them:
The McCain backers are not confident they have won yet
entagor on February 5, 2008 at 12:15 AM
You know what? Speaking as a Christian conservative, I say forget Newt’s baggage– we are headed over the cliff with our current slate of candidates, and will take any branch we can grab. Newt has proven he knows how to handle the Clinton’s, and showed more character in his one act of stepping down from the leadership than Bill did in his entire political career. He is a man of ideas, and once the bark is taken off Obama, the nation will see that he has NO ideas, just melodious rhetoric that means nothing. Another attack like 9-11, and Obama is going to look pretty weak.
We need a miracle. Run, Newt, Run!
gajaw999 on February 5, 2008 at 12:49 AM
Aren’t you forgetting Sen. Jim DeMint…
While we’re throwing names into the hat…
MechEng5by5 on February 5, 2008 at 12:51 AM
Frank Oz
Kini on February 5, 2008 at 1:59 AM
Baron Münchhausen
Kini on February 5, 2008 at 5:45 AM
Ditto!
Cornyn would make a great POTUS. He’s tough and principled and possess a spine.
SimplyKimberly on February 5, 2008 at 10:12 AM
Schwarzenegger?!?!?!?!?! His problem is not just that he isn’t a natural born citizen. It’s that he’s a…ahhh….ohhhhh….ummmmm… LIBERAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PUT DOWN THE CRACK PIPE! Friggin’ Twilight Zone…
Weber48IDA on February 5, 2008 at 2:23 PM
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