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BUT LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE (emphasis added) I think Newt is the best person in the field of eight to run America. In fact, after Newt I would have a hard time picking a “big picture” candidate because they are all so far behind him in intellect and knowledge.

Yeah, DC is full of people with intellect and knowledge of how DC works. What has that gotten us?

And that is my point exactly with Newt. I don't see how electing a DC insider as president would be any kind of impetus to change how DC works. Newt has shown me no sense of being constrained by principles, be those principles marital or Constitutional. Any conservatism he showed in the Nineties appears to have long been corroded away by his years spent since at the Beltway trough. I would vote for him over Romney, but he is my very last choice among the anti-Romney candidates, precisely because he does not offer any resistance to the pervasive Beltway mindset - instead, he embraces it.

Yeah, DC is full of people with intellect and knowledge of how DC works. What has that gotten us?

Pointing out Bachmann's "record of failure" was how Pawlenty eliminated himself so quickly. All Bachmann had to do was ask people to take a look at the "successful" people in Washington and what they've succeeded in doing so far.

Well there you have it...we are looking for two completely different things. You are looking for an outside-the-Beltway newcomer to come in and clean out the cesspool you perceive in DC, therefore, Cain should be your man. I am looking for a thinker who has the capacity to fully understand a problem like the looming financial crash and develop a plan to avoid it, therefore, Newt should be my man. So you will vote for Cain and I will vote for Newt. Problem solved.