I would prefer Perry myself. But lets face it, he’s not going anywhere. Santorum would be my second choice but...ditto.
Gingrich would be my third choice and he appears to be collapsing.
Neither Ron Paul nor Mitt Romney have been on my list. Ever.
But given that “choice” I’d probably have to vote for Paul and hope he had enough intelligence to pick a foreign policy hawk as VP because as acceptable as Paul might be on fiscal issues, his foreign policy could get a lot of innocent American civilians murdered.
I'll just stay home, then. Paul is a 9/11 "Truther." The chance he'll have a hawkish foriegn policy is nil.
Forget national polls, their meaningless right now.
If Newt gets hammered in Iowa and loses New Hampshire he's done.
If Perry finishes in the top 3 in Iowa he can skip NH and focus on SC.
If Bachmann and Santorum drop out that means Perry and Mitt will fight it out.
I believe if Bachmann leaves the race after Iowa she will endorse Mitt. My hope is if Santorum leaves he will back Perry.