Conservatives, regardless of who we support DO need to pay attention to Romney. He’s going to pull a lot of votes in the primaries. He could beat Obama in a general election but conservatism would be set back a decade by a Romney victory.
“He could beat Obama in a general election”
No, I don’t think he can. When it comes to debate or tough questions, he gets that look of panic in his eyes and becomes rattled. He talks big in solo speeches, but lacks the guts (or convictions) to go one-on-one with the One. The only ones of this current field I see who likely wouldn’t back down are, first - Herman Cain, and to a lesser degree, Michelle Bachmann. They both need to bone up on history, world events, and radical Islam (in detail). HC’s on the right track, but regarding the latter, he let himself get trapped into back-peddling on the issue of hiring Muslims because he doesn’t yet understand a lot about Islam and the Koran. It looked he was repeating stuff he’s heard and trusted, without first-hand knowledge, or else he could’ve stood by his original statement and backed it up with more detailed facts.
It’s gonna take a (seasoned) lion to stand up to the slickster in our white house, whom the LSM decorates and protects.