Candidate in Focus: Rick O'Donnell

I know ya'll are politically erudite -- but at least a couple times a week I'll try to post on a Candidate in Focus. They'll always be real conservatives running good campaigns that I suspect might become conservative house-hold names in the near future. On Tuesday, I posted on Adrian Smith.

Many are saddened that Bill Owens is being term-limited out of the Governorship in Colorado (not to imply anything negative about term limits, they're good). Rep. Bob Beauprez (R-CO) is running to fill Gov. Owens spot, and so is leaving his post in Colorado's 7th district.

Unopposed in the primary, Rick O'Donnell -- a stalwart conservative -- is seeking the 7th seat from Colorado. He's running for Congress because in his words: "I do not want America to be the France of the 21st Century."

First a run-down of his positions using his words:

"We must first and foremost recognize that we are a sovereign nation with a right to secure our borders, enforce our laws and stop people from illegally entering our country."

"it is time to completely reinvent the budget process, stop runaway spending and restore fiscal sanity to Washington D.C."

"It is time to scrap our tax code and start over. "

"[We must eliminate] corporate pork and corporate welfare so the free market may flourish."

Like that? Me too. O'Donnell also has a very thoughtful and thorough plan to stop deficit spending.

His race will be with either State Senator Ed Perlmutter or former State Representative Peggy Lamm in the general election this November.