Is he as conservative as I would like? No. But, I'm fairly certain that any candidate that is as conservative as I would like would never have a chance of winning the general election, anyway. And it is extremely important that we win this election.
That's why I'm supporting Mitt Romney - because he has the best chance of beating President Obama.
Actually, I would have preferred Michelle Bachmann. A Palin would have been even better. But neither of those was meant to be. And I'm not sure that either would have been electable.
I expect Perry to be out after South Carolina. I think he'd be a lot better than what we've got now, but it was clear from the beginning that he was going nowhere.
Ron Paul is just a little bit too goofy for me, even though I like a lot of the things he stands for. But sometimes he comes across as a senile old man. Additionally, he strikes me as being too much like Ross Perot was. I liked Ross Perot, but it was obvious that he would never be able to get along with the other branches of government to get anything done.
I despise Newt Gingrich. He might be a fiscal conservative, but he reminds me a lot of Barack Obama - way too arrogant for my tastes. He acts like he's God's gift to the electorate. We've already got somebody like that, we don't need another one.
Not to mention his ethical problems. Heck, if a womanizer of questionable ethics can be President, I may as well run for it myself. But we can do better than somebody like Newt Gingrich and I'm willing to vote for somebody that I don't agree with completely on policy as long as he has some ethics.
Santorum? Again, he reminds me somewhat of President Obama in that I think he would be lost once he got in office. I just don't see enough executive experience in his background to get the job done.
Also, the fact that he couldn't even win re-election to the Senate in his home state should be troubling to people. I realize that he lost that race when it wasn't popular to be a Republican, but if the people in his own state didn't want him, why would the rest of us?
So, I'm supporting Mitt Romney. Because he is the most electable candidate the Republicans have running. He has the most appeal to swing voters and that is going to be very important. Heck, we might even get some former Obama supporters like OT to vote for Romney.
I'd like to see a Romney/Rubio, or even a Romney/Bachmann. But anybody for a VP will work, as long as we have a winner. It's that important to me that we not have a second Obama term - important enough to support somebody that isn't really as conservative as I would like for him to be.
That's why I'm supporting Mitt Romney - because he has the best chance of beating President Obama.
Actually, I would have preferred Michelle Bachmann. A Palin would have been even better. But neither of those was meant to be. And I'm not sure that either would have been electable.
I expect Perry to be out after South Carolina. I think he'd be a lot better than what we've got now, but it was clear from the beginning that he was going nowhere.
Ron Paul is just a little bit too goofy for me, even though I like a lot of the things he stands for. But sometimes he comes across as a senile old man. Additionally, he strikes me as being too much like Ross Perot was. I liked Ross Perot, but it was obvious that he would never be able to get along with the other branches of government to get anything done.
I despise Newt Gingrich. He might be a fiscal conservative, but he reminds me a lot of Barack Obama - way too arrogant for my tastes. He acts like he's God's gift to the electorate. We've already got somebody like that, we don't need another one.
Not to mention his ethical problems. Heck, if a womanizer of questionable ethics can be President, I may as well run for it myself. But we can do better than somebody like Newt Gingrich and I'm willing to vote for somebody that I don't agree with completely on policy as long as he has some ethics.
Santorum? Again, he reminds me somewhat of President Obama in that I think he would be lost once he got in office. I just don't see enough executive experience in his background to get the job done.
Also, the fact that he couldn't even win re-election to the Senate in his home state should be troubling to people. I realize that he lost that race when it wasn't popular to be a Republican, but if the people in his own state didn't want him, why would the rest of us?
So, I'm supporting Mitt Romney. Because he is the most electable candidate the Republicans have running. He has the most appeal to swing voters and that is going to be very important. Heck, we might even get some former Obama supporters like OT to vote for Romney.
I'd like to see a Romney/Rubio, or even a Romney/Bachmann. But anybody for a VP will work, as long as we have a winner. It's that important to me that we not have a second Obama term - important enough to support somebody that isn't really as conservative as I would like for him to be.