I wouldn’t vote for Mitt Romney if you paid me but I agree with the NRO editorial board’s opinion on the risk of nominating the mercurial, ‘progressive’ Newt Gingrich. He does not hold conservative values and is wildly unpredictable. Being good in debates is important but hardly the only attribute we need in a winning candidate. Newt’s lame response to Romney’s jibe about Newt’s million-dollar fee from the disgraced Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac housing authority really turned me off. I just can’t get behind this guy - or the phoney used car salesman with the winning smile, Willard Romney, he of the state health care mandate. Romney is a non-starter for me and Newt isn’t really much better. I’ll take Bachmann or Santorum, genuine conservatives.
Bachmann and Santorum are the “Hey! I’m here! Look at me! Look at me!” candidates. I don’t consider them to be serious candidates.