There will only be 2 contenders in the coming weeks:
Newt and Romney.
Cain is out: inexperienced + other (personal) problems
Perry is out: debates show his overall capabilities
Bachmann is out: just not strong enough.
And you can stick the fork in Santorum, Paul, Huntsman.
Newt will beat Romney for these reasons:
+ Strong commands of all issues
+ Vast amount of experience in Congress where a Pres
would need to work with.
+ Very bright person, and a Ph.D as a bonus
+ You cant mess around with him on national sec issues
+ Romney’s business and executive experience surely
are his assets, but he just doesnt cut it.
+ Romney is not strong enough.
+ People are not sure if Romney can beat Obama.
The democrats are very scared now, seriously.
It is quite possible that they would “push” Obama out,
and try to replace him with someone who could take on
Newt.
Your analysis is wrong. It will end up being Perry and Romney.