I heard about Fred Thompson pulling himself out of the presidential campaign. I admire him and everything he’s written and said in the past year, and I had a true hope that he would somehow get in if we had......

What truly defines the modern GOP voter is a strange mix of religious protestant extremism and the love of war.

This is PRECISELY why Ron Paul, despite being the best conservative candidate since Goldwater, isn't doing so well.

So now what you get is a motley mix of "ethically challenged" GOP talking heads, some who are about as conservative as Ted Kennedy, pulling huge vote tallies because frankly the republican voter is just plain confused about his/her own party platform. Whatever happened to the party of small government, low taxes, reduced spending, and noninterventionist foreign policy? Tossed out into the proverbial trash during the Reagan Revolution and replaced by an iranian-style extremist policy that is worse than Woodrow Wilson's antics.

Ron Paul is not crazy, like he says "The reason people don't know me is it been a long time since you have met a real conservative so you don't know what one looks like".

It disappointed me to hear this news today. What follows is Fred Thompson's statement ending his campaign and then my thanks to Fred Thompson for what he did for us......

Huckabee is a true social conservative with great ideas and he doesn't bow down to the big cash machine in NYC (a liberal city, by the way) and the Wall Street. I am an investor myself, and I applaud his FairTax plan which capital gain is tax free. The ONLY reason the richest is ranting against him is because these people have their own tax shelter while the majority Americans don't.

Middle-class Americans have been over taxed for too long. Let's get rid of all tax shelters. FairTax will do just that.

So stuck on distinguishing himself from the conservative talk radio pack, he neglects to mention important information. I've enjoyed listening to Medved, until recently. He's now on this kick of saying ALL the republican ......

That's the expectation, so let's cut to the chase. Bob Krumm lays it out with this opening at his post ......

Only Ron Paul is left, and he seems to be the only one with some momentum as he slowly inches upward in every race

So at this rate, "inching" as you say, would he be within striking distance of the nomination before or after our sun dies a violent terrible death?

I kinda like Ron Paul, in the same way I kind of like Dennis Kucinich- the Man of La Mancha thing is cute.

1. No entanglements with wars not involving U.S.
2. Minimal federal govt - allow states to choose level of state involvement.
3. Minimal taxes.
4. Strong defense.

For those 4 principles, only Ron Paul will do.