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To: jim-thompson who wrote (894)	2/24/2007 12:01:29 PM
From: pompsander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25737

Jim, I think you have hit the nail on the head. Rudy has many enticing qualities. He comes across as a no-nonsense guy, personable, with strong leadership skills and a grasp of the issues. But, like Newt, who also makes a great impression if you don't know anything about his past and just watch or listen to him on the issues, the baggage (and how the candidate will respond to the baggage) is going to be a problem. And the problem would be more in the republican primaries than in the general election, in my view. Having been in New York a great deal of the time during Rudy's marital problems with wife number two and wife number three...and having observed the general tiredness with which much of New York looked at the mayor in that period before 9/11....I just can't see how some of his personal choices and his professional choices won't come back to haunt him. Not to mention his pro-choice, anti-gun credentials. As for Newt, Bill Clinton played Newt like a violin during the 1995 budget showdown. Newt had a lot of trouble keeping his mouth shut when it should have stayed shut, and he could not pull a coalition behind him successfully once the luster of the Contract with American wore off and the actual job of governing got in the way. Newt is a great idea man and a wonderful conceptual planner, but I can't see him actually leading the Country. Like a bull, he responds to the red cape just too readily. Rudy is the man of the hour..it will be very interesting to see how the exposition of his actual historic positons, and his manner of leading his personal life, are contrasted with the other candidates... That's why the political season is so darn much fun!

To: jim-thompson who wrote (894)	2/24/2007 12:32:57 PM
From: Steve Lokness	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 25737

jim-thompson; Good post I agree. Rudy, Obama and Hillary will not be elected President. I will throw in McCain. I think the sleeper is Gore. Watching Fox news this morning I was surprised at the support he got from the business pundits. Gore also has a clean record on Iraq. Gore or Edwards. Hagel for republicans.....Hagel has the conservative social record that CC can support and is on the correct side of the Iraq war.

To: jim-thompson who wrote (894)	2/25/2007 6:17:23 AM
From: JDN	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25737

Well, time will tell as this election process drags out. IMHO the average American, MYSELF, is SICK AND TIRED of the campaigning seasons now stretching almost forever. I would like to have a law that restricts all campaigns to six months total. If it hadnt been for the untimely death of big boobs, we would be having nothing but campaigning on the t/v. Myself, for now, unless I learn something I dont already know about Rudy, he will be my preferred candidate. Frankly, I dont care too much about his past marital problems. jdn