None of the top tier candidates are there: no Thompson, Guiliani, McCain, or Romney.
Some observations:
All of these candidates have something to contribute and are respectable men. There are ideas in the Republican Party. That's not something I see in the Democrats. (They are just against things, it seems. Or they pander to the interest groups).
Anyway, I really like Governor Huckabee of Arkansas. Haven't looked at him much before. He sounds reasonable, smart, and is very likable. I'm thinking Veep...
Duncan Hunter, Sen. Brownback, and Tom Tancredo all have good things to contribute, but aren't presidential material. Alan Keyes I have always liked--it is so refreshing to have a smart and well-spoken African American who tells it like it is. What a contrast he is to Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.
And sorry to his supporters here, but Ron Paul is just not Presidential material. He says some nice platitudes, but there is nothing to them. "Freedom", "back to the Constitution", "prosperity", "individualism", etc. All good stuff--but what concrete steps is he going to take?
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I'm not voting for Ron Paul because it's not expressly prescribed in the Constitution.
I really like Governor Huckabee as well. He has some great ideas, and has been really classy. He recieved a big boost after getting second place in the Iowa Straw Poll (Romney dominated that poll), and is now being taken more seriously.
I would really like him to be vp with Romney as president. It would also be interesting since he is a Baptist minister, and may take away some from the whole Romney being mormon thing.
I also respect Duncan Hunter, but no longer think he is presidential material.
I couldn't stomach more than about 5 minutes of it, because they all made Alan Keyes sound like the reasonable one of the bunch in what I saw... Yes, Keyes may be very intelligent and articulate, but what I remember of him from 8 years ago was that he was perhaps the loosest cannon of the whole bunch of Republican candidates then.
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It seems to me the only thing you've learned is that Caesar is a "salad dressing dude."
