Here's A Real Conservative Running for President in NH

Unlike the rest of your top tier, there's no question this guy's a conservative.

Speaking with Robert Haines, Republican for President, on Elm Street in Manchester, he affirmed that he's, "for god, guns and anti-gays." Also, his statement "I married a 38 year old virgin from Iowa on the Capital Steps" shows that he walks the conservative walk, and that he loves this country. Holding a cross featuring a sign with his name on it, from his Texas belt buckle to the American flag on his shirt, Robert Haines fits the image of the Republican Conservative movement to a "T". For me, Haines personally conjures images of Ohio's Ken Blackwell and makes me ache for the Republicans to put up a true conservative...someone that there party appears to be lacking in the top tier.

Unlike those liberal softies John McCain and President Bush, Haines has a real solution to America's immigration problem - a solution that conservatives are sure to praise. Hear it from the candidate yourself:

Haines is on his fourth campaign for President, running in '92, '96 and '04 as well (in '04 he came in 5th place in the NH GOP primary). As cars zoomed by, he mentioned that in this campaign he's "been running for 16 months under the radar of the media....[but] things are beginning to look good." From the sound of things, things look great! Haines stated his belief that he has an advantage in Iowa because his wife graduated from college from that state. Also, unlike John McCain or Mitt Romney, Haines plans to aggressively tackle the Iowa Ames Straw Poll. Openely criticizing Mitt, Haines doesn't understand how someone can have solid liberal credentials one day in one state, and then change them the next day when they're running for President (and for the Record, I don't understand that one either Robert).

Hailing from Trinity University, (which Haines describes as "the Harvard of the West...Stanford is bigger and in a different category"), the candidate mentioned his long history working on energy innovation and policy at countless schools around the country. Haines takes a slightly different approach from the rest of the field though. As he said, "we've been working on energy independence for 40 years, ever since Jimmy Carter, what we need is energy security."

To learn more about Robert, the Dartmouth Review has an excellent interview from when he stopped by in 2003 (and was banned from campus for wearing a bullet proof vest).