Gilmore Forms Exploratory Committee
Ex-VA Gov. / RNC chair Jim Gilmore (R) has decided to open a presidential exploratory committee.
His positioning is not ... subtle.
“A void exists,” Mr. Gilmore said in an interview. “There is just no conservative right now who can mount a national campaign.”
The Draft Gilmore folks exult:
www.DraftGilmore.org is excited to announce that former Governor Jim Gilmore will explore a presidential bid in 2008. We believe Jim Gilmore is the only true conservative candidate in the 2008 presidential race. As Governor, he slashed taxes for hard-working Virginia families. As the leader of national security think tanks, Gilmore traveled the United States discussing national security. Gilmore has been and continues to be an advocate for deficit reductions, spending limits, and national security. Jim Gilmore is the next generation of conservatism. We believe only he can realign the conservative movement in America.
Ugh! America should be afraid. If you think Bush is a fiscal disaster, just wait 'til we see what happens IF Gilmore was to ever be President.
Jeez. When I heard this news while driving into work I almost ran off he road. Jim Gilmore's legacy was being elected as Virginia's Govenor with a smoke-and-mirrors campaign to eliminate the car tax, and anyone who thinks what went well considering promises versus results also believes the Iraq war was a great cakewalk idea and has made us all safer.
I want whatever Gilmore and anyone who thinks he's presidential material is smoking. Not that the bar can be lower considering the current occupant of the Oval... Holy Moly! Gilmore could not get elected dogcatcher in his home state.
He makes George Allen look good-- which also could send me off the road. Regarding this GOP gene pool for 2008, in the words of Doug Wilder 'if this is the cream of the crop, God help the milk!' Beam me somewhere, please!
OMG, this has to be some sort of comic relief. Jim Gilmore took a state that was in a relatively good financial position and drove it into the ground in order to keep his promise to get rid of the car tax.
This has to be some sort of joke.