Republican and Conservative political analysis and commentary

When the race for the Republican Presidential nomination began more than a year ago, Rudolph W. Giuliani entered as the front runner; not only for the nomination, but for the presidency. The hero of 9/11, he was leading in national polls and had an appeal that crossed party lines. He was in many ways the anti-McCain, the person that many Republican least wanted to see become President.

It was that appeal, however, that included pro-abortion, pro-gay, and anti-gun tendencies that left the Republican primary voter searching for a suitable conservative alternative; an anti-Giuliani. With the primaries set to begin in less than two weeks, that search which seems to have been settled is the subject of this week's Friday Look.

We have this 19th century romanticized ideal in America of "a nation of farmers" who need government support to survive. The only problem is that it's a myth. This is the 21st Century and the average farmer doesn't live in poverty.