December 12, 2007

Buckley & Co. Endorse Romney

Not much of a surprise from National Review since many at The Corner (I'm looking at you, KLo) have been flogging his candidacy for almost a year. Their reasoning is...well...reasonable.

I would argue that their prediction of a "coalition breaking" effect from a Giuliani candidacy is erroneous, though. Quite the contrary, I think Rudy could broaden the Center-Right coalition for Republicans that is currently much heavier on the Right than the Center. I get a little irritated when pundits qualify the "base" as being almost exclusively Evangelical Christians. As far as I'm concerned I'm the base, too. And I ain't no Liberal.

Yips! from Robbo: Despite our joking around with Ol' Fred here, I'm still not very much committed to anybody yet. Mitt, Rudy or even McCain (because of his foreign policy accumen) would all be perfectly acceptable to me.

BTW, I meant to mention this the other day: the Missus is not ordinarily a very political person. I suppose I would categorize her as a right-leaning centrist. However, she caught Mitt's "Mormon" speech last week and was blown away by it. A straw in the wind? Perhaps.

Posted by Gary at December 12, 2007 09:10 AM | TrackBack
Comments

Their reasoning (most conservative viable candidate) is the same as mine, which is why I also am a Romney supporter. Plus, there is the favorite son thing. I didn't think Mitt would be this viable this far into it -- I always thought he'd end up as VP for either McCain or Giuliani. That's still a possibility depending on how the primaries go.

I absolutely am not doing politics at my new site, though. I find it too corrosive for my spiritual well being.

I can live with McCain, Giuliani, Romney, or Thompson as the candidate. McCain is my second choice, Thompson third, and Rudy fourth. The guy who has impressed me the most in the field is actually Duncan Hunter, but he fails the viability test. Huckabee is nominiation-viable at this point, but he seems to me to be a sure loser if he is the Presidential candidate -- though I'd certainly join the 30% of the people who vote for him to prevent the Hillary Clinton presidency if push came to shove.

If it came down to a Ron Paul/Hillary Clinton matchup, I'd do a write-in for someone, or maybe back the Libertarian/Hemp candidtate.

Posted by: The Abbot at December 12, 2007 12:29 PM