Allen West Might Be Running for President?

  
via: Conservative Tribune
Allen West is one of our best conservative voices today.  Not only is he a hero who served with bravery overseas, but he’s been a champion of conservative principles and the Constitution, which is something we desperately need right now.
He’s come out recently against the largesse of big government under Obama, who is trying to make Americans dependent on the state for their material needs.  He’s said that policies like Obamacare were designed all along to bring in socialism and destroy our free market economy.  Obama literally wants his policies to fail so he can continue to expand welfare and create new liberal voters.
West would be an outstanding presidential candidate and someone who would give conservatives a voice in 2016.  And he’s not ruling it out.

Via National Review:
Allen West, the fast-talking former congressman and tea-party hero, isn’t ruling out a presidential bid come 2016.
“No one should ever sit around and say, ‘I want to be president,’” the retired lieutenant colonel tells me. “That’s a position that somebody needs to be called to serve.”
West, who spent 22 years in the U.S. Army and one term in Congress before losing his bid for reelection in 2012, says he will always be ready to serve his country. “You have to have yourself in a position to be available for your country and to be obedient to God’s will,” he says.

With New Jersey governor Chris Christie having been knocked from his putative status as front-runner after it was revealed his aides conspired to shut down lanes on the George Washington Bridge, West would join a wide-open Republican field that is likely to include Wisconsin governor Scott Walker and senators Rand Paul and Ted Cruz. Candidates from previous years, including former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, Texas governor Rick Perry, and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum, have also signaled that they are mulling their options.  

Right now, West’s attention is focused squarely on the upcoming midterm elections. “If we can’t be successful out of 2014 to influence a conservative legislative agenda, I don’t think 2016 matters,” he says. “If we are successful, then we build upon that success, and we’ll see how I can be a part of that success.”
Perhaps we should start a “Draft Allen West” campaign?  There’s no doubt he’d be obedient to the call if enough people got on board.
Still, we have to focus on 2014 before we can worry about 2016.  Electing a conservative House and Senate this year is crucial if we’re going to put the brakes on Obama’s unconstitutional executive overreach.  We need the momentum we had in 2010 if we’re going to sweep Democrats out of office.

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