Who to support now?

Fred Thompson dropped out of the Presidential race this week. Last year I had hoped he would get into the race. He eventually declared his candidacy but he never seemed like he was seriously trying to campaign.

Who now? I’m not a McCain fan. Definitely not a supporter of Guilliani (not the he is campaigning either). Huckabee? Eh.

Romney looks like the best of what’s left. Hopefully the Democrats will keep tearing each other apart to leave an opening for us.

  • Jane

    OR…. You could consider voting for one of the candidates on the Democratic side. I just can’t figure out Americans. So many seem to be trapped in their own ideological bubble that they would never consider what other candidates outside their own party could possibly offer. I have a US friend to said pretty much the same thing but from the Democratic side. He did not like Hillary or Obama(sp?), etc. When I suggested that he consider looking at the other candidates on the Republican side he looked at me as if I was from Mars. I really think Canadian voters are much more sophisticated. We really tend to consider the issues and the campaign planks rather than be trapped in the ideological dogma that most Americans seem to use as a crutch for actually thinking about which candidates – regardless of political party – offer the best solutions that match the current times. This can certainly be seen from the fact that our Government has had vastly different makeup from different years (sometimes the ‘Progressive Conservative Party’ forms a massive majority, and sometimes the ‘Liberal Party’ forms a majority). I myself have at one time or another voted for members of all thee major parties and occasionally some of the minor parties… depending on the current situation and what the candidates *regardless of party* have to offer. Cheers.

  • Jane

    OR…. You could consider voting for one of the candidates on the Democratic side.

    I just can’t figure out Americans. So many seem to be trapped in their own ideological bubble that they would never consider what other candidates outside their own party could possibly offer.

    I have a US friend to said pretty much the same thing but from the Democratic side. He did not like Hillary or Obama(sp?), etc. When I suggested that he consider looking at the other candidates on the Republican side he looked at me as if I was from Mars.

    I really think Canadian voters are much more sophisticated. We really tend to consider the issues and the campaign planks rather than be trapped in the ideological dogma that most Americans seem to use as a crutch for actually thinking about which candidates – regardless of political party – offer the best solutions that match the current times. This can certainly be seen from the fact that our Government has had vastly different makeup from different years (sometimes the ‘Progressive Conservative Party’ forms a massive majority, and sometimes the ‘Liberal Party’ forms a majority). I myself have at one time or another voted for members of all thee major parties and occasionally some of the minor parties… depending on the current situation and what the candidates *regardless of party* have to offer.

    Cheers.

  • Jane

    OR…. You could consider voting for one of the candidates on the Democratic side.

    I just can’t figure out Americans. So many seem to be trapped in their own ideological bubble that they would never consider what other candidates outside their own party could possibly offer.

    I have a US friend to said pretty much the same thing but from the Democratic side. He did not like Hillary or Obama(sp?), etc. When I suggested that he consider looking at the other candidates on the Republican side he looked at me as if I was from Mars.

    I really think Canadian voters are much more sophisticated. We really tend to consider the issues and the campaign planks rather than be trapped in the ideological dogma that most Americans seem to use as a crutch for actually thinking about which candidates – regardless of political party – offer the best solutions that match the current times. This can certainly be seen from the fact that our Government has had vastly different makeup from different years (sometimes the ‘Progressive Conservative Party’ forms a massive majority, and sometimes the ‘Liberal Party’ forms a majority). I myself have at one time or another voted for members of all thee major parties and occasionally some of the minor parties… depending on the current situation and what the candidates *regardless of party* have to offer.

    Cheers.

  • Jane

    OR…. You could consider voting for one of the candidates on the Democratic side.

    I just can’t figure out Americans. So many seem to be trapped in their own ideological bubble that they would never consider what other candidates outside their own party could possibly offer.

    I have a US friend to said pretty much the same thing but from the Democratic side. He did not like Hillary or Obama(sp?), etc. When I suggested that he consider looking at the other candidates on the Republican side he looked at me as if I was from Mars.

    I really think Canadian voters are much more sophisticated. We really tend to consider the issues and the campaign planks rather than be trapped in the ideological dogma that most Americans seem to use as a crutch for actually thinking about which candidates – regardless of political party – offer the best solutions that match the current times. This can certainly be seen from the fact that our Government has had vastly different makeup from different years (sometimes the ‘Progressive Conservative Party’ forms a massive majority, and sometimes the ‘Liberal Party’ forms a majority). I myself have at one time or another voted for members of all thee major parties and occasionally some of the minor parties… depending on the current situation and what the candidates *regardless of party* have to offer.

    Cheers.