Look for all the republican supporters of this travesty painting a big bright target on their own back.

So what's the point? Bush did win two elections. Bully for him. Where's that gotten us? It's not pretty from my perspective. I don't believe our problem is not being compassionate. I believe our problem is that we are seen as lacking compassion. We don't need to forsake our principles, but rather to do a better job of selling our principles. People need to see the inherit fairness and opportunity in freedom as opposed to the hopelessness and chains of Federal welfare programs.

Apply to whom? None the less, the principle is timeless.

I'm sorry to offend all you free spirits, but a liberal arts degree is a waste of time and money. You'd be much better off just taking a year off and traveling. If you don't know what you want to do then get into the toughest program you can find. Try engineering or computer science. When you figure out what you want to do you'll have all your options open to you. If you like it you'll have a highly valuable education. If you choose to be lazy and slide through with a basic business or CLA major, you'll have a worthless education, a pile of debt and you'll get not a sliver of sympathy from me. I wish someone had given me this advice when I was in high school.

Exactly. Well said.

I'd love to see it and will support him strongly if he jumps in, but I'd be surprise if he runs. Also, I don't see Minnesotans liking Klobuchar any more than Franken. People didn't vote for Klobuchar, she was the only recognizable name on the ballot. Kurt Bills was the invisible candidate. He raised no money, got no press, and no one knew who he was. Ron Paul had a huge impact on the caucus' here and Kurt was his guy. His supporters are the single most important reason we got swept during the last cycle. They showed up early, but brought no cash and disappeared right after the national convention.

Pathetic.

Great, now if only I could actually believe that my Republican reps actually support balancing our budget. At least Ryan's plan eventually is supposed to balance, but our Republican's so tarnished our brand through out the Bush years that I don't think nearly enough of even the same people just polled actually believe the Republicans would be all that much better then the DemocRATS.

Yes, murder should be criminalized. You don't think so? Sounds like you think the adults right to make a decision trumps the baby's right to live. That's simply preposterous.

I don't think I can call myself a conservative anymore. I have no desire to conserve vast expanses of our current federal government. In the sense that a liberal believes in classically liberal laissez faire economics; that's me. In the sense that a liberal would advocate aggressive reforms in pursuit of their goals; that's also me. I'm not sure that we have the time to slowly tweak government to be more efficient as a conservative.