Someone will arise. Someone who is younger, prettier, charismatic, and, most of all, had enough real life experience to know that fundamentals matter and the most important fundamental to a big country such as ours is that a foundation of economic strength is more important than a optimistic religion of mythology, government programs and drawing happy faces on a bunch of extended hands.
Who will fight the fight? Who will lay down the gauntlet? Who will stand up for hard work; self responsibility and taking care of one’s own in the face of a rather large gang who are hanging onto the band wagon of entitlement and self indulgence? Who wants a piece of that fight? Who’s crazy enough to buy into that program?
John Boehner? Doubt it. Early returns are not good. We like this guy but a poker player he is not.
Paul Ryan. We’ll see. He is far and away our best Representative today but he needs an offensive line to do some serious blocking for him. He is young, sure. But he knows his stuff and he is learning politics and leadership as fast as Mr. Obama did four years ago.
Chris Christie. Seems to relish what he is doing in his own backyard. But multiplied by 50? Doesn’t seem to be grasping at that opportunity. The weight watchers crowd would love it.
Michelle Bachmann. You bet. But there is that little factor about attracting the middle when the far left has successfully painted you to the far right. She warrants attention.
Tom Coburn. Physician. Senator. Perhaps the best senator/politician in the Republican Party right now. Needs to get tougher (Tom, watch how Mitt is doing it. On second thought, don’t.) Needs a plan. Needs to get a lot tougher.
Pawlenty. Not much to our view.
The Donald. We recall another successful businessman who ran and split the vote resulting in the election of the womanizer Clinton. Donald Trump has the cojones for the job. We just aren’t sure how that hair comb over will fly in the nations midlands. If you haven’t seen his recent speech to the Florida tea party go to: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20054635-503544.html?tag=latest
Steve Wynn. Always has been our first choice for president. We encourage you to watch his few TV appearances (all are on YouTube) and marvel at this no nonsense, well versed in the fundamentals, successful American.
Mitch Daniels. Best governor in the country. Clearly understands all the fundamentals. Also, gets it done. Can he develop the image and the presence to make a run? We’ll see.
Mitt Romney. Absolutely willing to go for it. But he has had a bit of a history with placating the silly people. We don’t need a placater in chief for the next four years. Notice how he is trying to toughen his image. Good luck.
Huckabee. Wow. All we can say is, “Let’s hope not.” Gomer Pyle goes to Washington.
Barbour. He has already accurately prognosticated his own chances.
Ron Paul. Too many years in Washington. Too incoherent. But if we were president we would consider appointing him to head the Fed. Or at least dismantle it.
Gingrich. Eeeks. Please go away. Does his third wife insist he always refer to “we” in any answer about his future?
Palin. Nope. She gone. She is still a kick but we don’t see it happening.
So who is it going to be? We know that if the person does come from the list above that they can win. We know that they will have one heck of an education process in front of them. Seriously, they will need to run a classroom on fiscal behavior and economics and competitiveness the likes of which has never occurred in a presidential contest. They will need to overcome Obama’s religious, emotional appeal with facts and figures and measurable plans. But, for the right person or team, it really is not all that tough. Businessmen call it low hanging fruit. A couple of successful leaders could make quite a dent pretty quick.
So who will rise to the occasion? Suggestions? Also, please note that our title says, “Will a leader arise?” We know a candidate will arise. But there are not many leaders in the list above! Our choice for a dream ticket would be Wynn/Trump. We know they would win. Could they live with each other? The job is big enough and the remedial actions plentiful and demanding that we think two would be better than one to fix the mess in four years. Remember folks we don’t need some lifetime politician. We, the people, need someone who wants to serve their country and is qualified for the job.
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