{"id":330,"date":"2015-10-16T11:22:07","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T15:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lakesregionteaparty.net\/lrtp\/?p=330"},"modified":"2015-10-16T11:22:07","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T15:22:07","slug":"picking-a-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lakesregionteaparty.net\/lrtp\/2015\/10\/16\/picking-a-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"Picking a Candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Don Ewing<\/em><\/p>\n

How to Pick Your Favorite Candidate(s)<\/p>\n

– What are the needs of the Office?
\n – Issues and their Priorities are Personal
\n – History \/ Character \/ Trust
\n – Electability
\n – Deciding <\/p>\n

What are the Responsibilities of the President?<\/p>\n

– Protect the American People
\n – Follow and Defend the Constitution
\n – Enforce Our Laws, Equally
\n – Lead our Nation
\n – Protect Freedom
\n – Moral Leadership
\n – Enable Opportunities
\n – Promote Good Examples, Encourage Success
\n – Be Commander in Chief
\n – Manage a Financially Responsible Government
\n – A World Leader Americans are Proud Of
\n – Lead the World to a Better Future
\n – Ensure Future Generations Inherit
\n – a Freer and more Prosperous Country and a safer world<\/p>\n

Issues<\/p>\n

– Federal Government Role
\n – Bigger? Smaller?
\n – Return Responsibilities to States?
\n – Excessive Regulations?
\n – Military
\n – Stronger to Discourage Aggression?
\n – Weaker to Save Money and Reduce US Influence?
\n – What Makes the World Safer?
\n – Immigration
\n – What Immigration is Good for Us?
\n – What skills does our country actually need?
\n – What skills \/ labor just flood current labor pools?
\n – Are Ideological Clashes Good for America?
\n – People who Don\u2019t Assimilate?
\n – Illegal Immigration
\n – Illegal Border Crossings, Wall? Fence? Enforcement?
\n – Visa Overstays
\n – Sanctuary Cities
\n – Handling of repeat violators
\n – Handling Nations that won\u2019t accept their citizens back
\n – Tolerate, Promote, or Committed to End It?
\n – Birthright Citizenship
\n – Those For: Bush, Kasich, Fiorina, Perry
\n – Those Against: Trump, Cruz, Paul, Carson, Christie
\n – Refugees? (Potential terrorists, welfare consumers)
\n – Balanced Budget
\n – How? Cut Spending? Raise Taxes? Grow Economy?
\n – Committed to a Balanced Budget? How? When?
\n – Committed to a Balanced Budget Amendment?
\n – Obamacare
\n – Will Anyone End It?
\n – What is Government\u2019s Proper Role re Healthcare?
\n – Who will Fix (Fairly) our Broken Entitlement Systems?
\n – Education
\n – Federal or Local Control?
\n – Common Core?
\n – Choice?
\n – Second Amendment
\n – Energy Policy
\n – Independence or Dependence?
\n – Government or Market Driven?
\n – Climate Change?
\n – Fed Court, esp. Supreme Court, Nominees
\n – National Debt
\n – The Economy, Jobs, Regulations<\/p>\n

History \/ Trust \/ Character <\/p>\n

– What are their personal Reputation and Achievements?
\n – How have they Legislated\/Managed\/Governed before?
\n – Who have they supported before?
\n – What are they saying now?
\n – Republican Candidates typically claim to be Conservatives
\n – Are current statements consistent with past statements and actions? If not, why the change?
\n – Did they deliver on previous promises?
\n – Do previous statements suggest they will \/ won\u2019t deliver on promises?
\n – Can you trust a Candidate to:
\n – Keep his\/her word?
\n – Follow the Constitution?
\n – Set a good example for Americans?
\n – Promote our nation and our values around the World?
\n – Represent our Nation well?
\n – Respect our Nation\u2019s Reputation and History?
\n – Honor & Protect our Service men and women?
\n – Fix our nation\u2019s problems?<\/p>\n

Electability<\/p>\n

– Our Nation Needs a Conservative Leader
\n – More Voters are Conservative than Liberal or Moderate
\n – Politicians typically claim many Conservative positions
\n – Recent Moderates Lost, McCain, Romney (should have won)
\n – GW Bush governed as a Moderate and made things worse
\n – Can\u2019t Afford another President who won\u2019t fix things
\n – Can Candidate Deliver a Winning Message
\n – Is the Candidate a Fighter who will go the distance?
\n – Is the Candidate prone to faux pas that will alienate voters, especially near the election?
\n – Voters must Believe that He\/She Really Cares about People <\/p>\n

Deciding<\/p>\n

– You Must Prioritize
\n – Conservative Review has Profiles and Comparisons of All Candidates, see: https:\/\/www.conservativereview.com\/2016-Presidential-Candidates
\n – The American Conservative Union Rates Current and Former Senators and Congressmen, http:\/\/conservative.org\/
\n – Who to Select Among Several Acceptable Candidates?
\n – 603 Alliance Caucus to Select the Preferred Conservative
\n – To help a Conservative win the FITN Primary
\n – The 603 Alliance and hopefully all Conservatives will support the caucus winner
\n – Open to Registered Republicans and Undeclared who took a Republican ballot in the last Primary
\n – Caucus Meets October 17, 2015 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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