On Jan 4, 1:45*pm, Jeff wrote:
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On Jan 4, 8:13 am, jeff miller wrote:

but, damn, i'm hopeful and nearly
optimistic. g *more than 50% of the caucus participants were 1st
timers...perhaps all us cynics are dying out and there will be a new
vigor in a changed political world.

I agree; one of the best thing about that event was the turnout. *The
quantitative results weren't as I preferred, but the enthusiasm of the
participants was good to see. *The punditry still sucked, and I mostly
watched the Orange Bowl instead of the verbal masturbation being
passed off as insight and analysis.

Joe F.

I'd have never guessed youse guys were such big Huckabee fans...

IAC, after coming in third, if I were, well, anyone but Hillary, I'd be
hunkered down for the assault from the "well-oiled Clintonista
machine"...

TC,
R
...I still say if McCain and Obama would join together, they'd be the
most electable thing going...and if McCain and Richardson would (with a
spot and a muzzle for Ron Paul on the Cabinet), it'd be the closest
thing to a "_d_emocratic ticket" the US is gonna see...

Though I know you were pluckin some feathers, I actually meant the whole
deal - including on the, ugh, republican side. you'll note i didn't
identify a particular party in my post. Huckabee is frightening to me
for a number of very idiosyncratic reasons, but the fact he won over the
likes of romney and ghouliani was in fact heartening as a sign of
something new in the Godawful Old Party.

(...and, i've not forgotten your early prognostications.)

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Well, the way I see the Republican caucus was really a change for the
worse. Huckabee, although on the surface appears to be a decent guy,
is supported by the extreme right wing bible thumping faction of the
party. I am an independent who tends to vote Republican, but I doubt
seriously that I would vote for Huckabee.

What I want in a candidate, is someone who will do for energy
independence, what JFK did for the space race. If a viable candidate
would stand up and promise to bring us energy independence from OPEC
in, say 10/20 years, and show a comprehesive plan by which this could
be accomplished, he/she would have my vote, regardless of race,
gender, or party affiliation. My belief is that most of our problems
in the middle east come as the result of our oil dependency. If that
goes away, then they can no longer hold us hostage with threats of
shutting down the oil supply, and their money will have to come from
China and other emerging economies. The other major benefit would be
the economic opportunities available in the "new" energy technologies.