How in the world can Romney possibly be the “frontrunner”...??? He has not done well in any of the debates, he has a miserable, Obama-supporting track record, he’s a big-government person from the get-go and probably the most liberal of the GOP candidates. Who in the world are they polling?
Newt is damaged goods, period. Romney is, we believe, unelectable. He will not receive an ABO vote from our household.
I met Herman Cain several years ago at CPAC, was impressed then, and continue to be a supporter of his. He does have the 'handicap' of no elected office in his background, (goes to experience and capability), but this plays directly into his favor as an outsider who is undeniably succesful in the business world, has a good head on his shoulders, and would be a breath of fresh air in Washington.
My choice for several years from now is John Kasich, but I think that we will have to bide our time and let this up and comer mature politically, rack up some executive wins, and be able to set the stage to become another U.S. president from Ohio.
A protest vite for the Constitution Party? Some would deride this as a vote for BAM. However, the leadership needs to know we are note fooling about needing a true conservative candidate.
Frontrunner since leading in polls, and no real credible conservative had emerged who is seen as credible candidate against obama.
His debate performance was unfortunately pretty good.
Cain is still unknown so he can emerge.
Perry self-destructed himself under pressure. We all know what would happen if katie couric were to interview him on tv. His insulting comments re illegals were the final nail in the coffin.
Christie and newt are global warming nuts, newt also pro illegal.
Looks like Cain is best hope
FoxNews has an agenda...as many POS’s that want to vote and skew this poll is quite easy. This is why O’Rielly pulled his poll because of that taking place. FoxNews Poll is not reality.
If you look back through previous elections, you can see the pattern that is emerging now.
Conservatives can’t unite behind a candidate, so their votes are divided to the point where the “moderate” has a plurality and ends up with the nomination.
Any time a strong conservative starts to move up in the polls, partisans of the other conservative candidates will make darn sure that this candidate’s rise won’t last.
Well, when the strategy for the past month has been to find every excuse in the book to attack Perry and Romney and Cain tag team to attack Perry, what did you expect?
I have warned for weeks that this would happen.
Romney and Cain have been playing conservatives like a cheap fiddle and the name of the fiddle tune is "Romney/Cain 2012"
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Herman Cain in 2011
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Herman Cain's Endorsement of Romney Two Days Before Super Tuesday, 2008
Romney has the leadership qualities United States needs,
By HERMAN CAIN
Published on: 02/03/08
The dynamics of political party connections, the political process itself and public perceptions have once again yielded the top two contenders of each major party in the 2008 presidential race. And once again, the public can only hope that the ultimate winner of the White House will be a candidate with the most leadership substance.
My vote is for Mitt Romney.
History is important, but the future is more important. The success of this country in the future will be shaped by the leadership abilities of the next president.
Our success will not be based on pandering to uninformed voters, promising emotional quick fixes over common sense or nitpicking of opponents' past records. Success will come from focusing on the right problems and solving them. That will mean making tough decisions about some problems that have been with us for decades. It will also mean taking a tough stand on new problems and challenges.
That's what leaders do.
Mitt Romney has done that as a chief executive officer in business, as a governor and as head of the U.S. Olympics. He has done so while balancing political consequences but not compromising fundamental principles of the founding of this country or free-market economics. We have prospered as a nation by strengthening those principles; we will not remain strong if we allow those principles to become diluted with a lack of leadership.
Anyone who wishes to find a reason not to vote for Romney can find one. But the reasons to vote for him are far more compelling. He has successfully managed a real business with other people's money and some of his own. He has balanced budgets. He successfully led a turnaround situation with the Olympics. And he has spent more of his career outside government than inside.
On the other hand, John McCain has spent more of his career inside government than outside, and the reasons not to vote for him as the Republican nominee are very compelling.
He voted against letting people keep more of their money in 2001 and 2003 when President Bush pushed through his tax cuts. He has been part of the escalation of the federal debt during his 20-plus years in the U.S. Senate. He showed questionable leadership on a failed immigration bill. And he showed no leadership by failing to support the president's efforts to establish personal retirement accounts — a proposal that would have started to fix the coming financial train wreck in the Social Security system.
That's not leadership.
I do not question the character, integrity or sincerity of either Mitt Romney or John McCain, nor do I question their desire to do what's best for the country. I do not worry that they would fan the flames of social and religious differences. My focus is on their prospective leadership relative to national security, the economy, federal spending, free-market health care solutions and the elimination of dysfunctional programs.
Mitt Romney's history is more indicative of the substance needed to make major progress on critical issues, and not just to make more politically palatable incremental changes in Washington.
Media momentum and campaign funding aside, there are several other Republican candidates who would not cause me to worry about our grandchildren's future. The two leading Democratic presidential candidates, however, cause me great concern because of their severe lack of leadership substance and their policy proposals.
This is despite Barack Obama's appeal and strong public perception but entirely consistent with Hillary Clinton's self-proclaimed but quite invisible experience.
Great leaders are born, and good leaders keep working on it. We are not favored with an obvious great leader in the 2008 race, as is apparent from the primary process and the results thus far.
But Mitt Romney's leadership credentials offer the best hope of a leader with substance, and the best hope for a good president who could turn out to be great.