[jmaroneps37]

One man's opinion.

[C. Edmund Wright]

...and so many of his opinions in the first blurb are so stupid I decided not to bother with the link.

[bwc2221]

Newt didn’t do himself any favors by talking about his immigration plans, which anyone who is paying attention realizes is a stealth amnesty.

[blueunicorn6]

What about the Democrat field? They spread tons of bullshit and can only raise a stink.

[YankeeReb]

He makes some good points. IMHO he’s a little easy on Perry and a little hard on Bachmann. I think he’s spot on about Newt & Mitt. I continue to maintain, any of these candidates with whatever faults & baggage they have would be INFINITELY better than Hussein the usurper (pox be upon him).

[CainConservative]

Newt/Rubio or Willard/Christie or Obama/Biden

Thems the choices. Pick your ticket or get out of the way!

[detective]

“Santorum, on the other hand, only has one specific unforgivable fault, in my view. He backed Arlen Specter against a real Conservative. He damaged the country with that one move, and I will never give him a chance to do such damage again.”

I think Rick Santorum is by far the best candidate in the Republican field. He may not be able to win the nomination but both his record in office and his views are very good.

When Rick Santorum backed Specter it was the case of one incumbent Republican Senator backing another incumbent Republican Senator. Santorum did not endorse Specter’s liberal positions. However, he supported both his renomination and his reelection.

I think Pat Toomey is far better than Arlen Specter. I wish Santorum had endorsed Toomey and he had won. But I would not let that one instance of loyalty to a fellow Republican Senator mean I will never support Rick Santorum.

[bwc2221]

By Pat Roberts I presume he means Pat Robertson. The Kansas senator is pretty milquetoast and this thread is pretty useless.

[Happy Rain]

Santorum was totally dissed in ALL the debates because he is hated by both the Leftist and GOP establishment MSM outlets who want Mitt to win and then lose to Obama.
Hang in there Rick, screw Iowa and NH—they are both Romney RINO turf. Here in SC and then in Florida we will separate the Reagans from the Republicans and tell the country club elitists we ain't doing no more damn McCains!!!

[hosepipe]

Seems to fairly true of all of them..

Who really knows any of them... BUT..

Newt seems to be taking a real hard stance on some things..
He isnt hitting on all 8 cylinders but 6 of them seem to sparking..

He talks a good game whether he will actually do any of it is questionable..
But I am going with hardest talking meanest SOB of the bunch..
It looks like Newt is my boy.. Perry talks tough too though..

If a tough talking bastard wins the primarys but ends up doing nothing!!!..
WELL I am used to that.. with both Bush’s.. and Dole.. OH! and Juan McLAim.. don’t forget Myth..
ALL compassionate “conservatives”..

This time I’m going with the meanest(sounding) bastard of them all..
Seems to be nÕÕt.. (currently).. Who knows maybe he’ll geld some those Trojan Horses..

[Leep]

The Republican field???
More like a vacant lot with very little southern exposure and its not even a 1/4!!!

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

At this point, I agree that the RINOs want Romney, but that the majority conservatives do not. With the rest of the field being weak, the best result would be for the conservatives to band together to deny Romney the nomination at the convention, so that there must be negotiations to select a popular candidate.

As such, there are a few dark horse candidates that should be considered. Leading the pack is Sarah Palin, and she will have instant momentum if she throws her hat into the ring.

But here is a list of senators and congressmen seen as conservative. Please indicate if you think they are indeed Acceptable = A, Unacceptable = U, or you Don’t Know = D, if they would make a good conservative choice for president.
Important, this is not an inclusive list, so feel free to add names.

Senators:

John Barrasso, Wyoming
Saxby Chambliss, Georgia
John Cornyn, Texas
Mike Crapo, Idaho
Jim DeMint, South Carolina
James Risch, Idaho
John Thune, South Dakota
Tom Coburn, Oklahoma
Roger Wicker, Mississippi

congressmen

Randy Neugebauer, Texas
Sam Johnson, Texas
Jim Jordan, Ohio
Doug Lamborn, Colorado
Trent Franks, Arizona

[heiss]

Excellent article.
But why Santorum is dissed because he backed Specter?
Newt backed dede s over huffman in ny23 and allied himself wirh nancy pelosi and al sharpton, while cashing in lobby money for ethanol subsidies and housing bubble. His amnesty plan is the real show stopper though.

Perry is ok, though I still see red over his heartless comment and opposition to fence and everify (now it seems he supports some variant of everify).

[bgill]

With single digit numbers, Perry is not even in the race much less out front.

[Misplaced Texan]

Of all those out front, Perry is the only choice, unfortunately.

I came to this same conclusion a couple of weeks ago.

I returned to Texas in 2002 and have voted in two gubernatorial elections since. I did not vote for Perry either time. However, considering the current pack, he is my present choice.

My not voting for him was not based on his conservative credentials, but on a couple of things he was doing in Texas that did not have national significance.

[AdaGray]

Here’s the awful truth. Many conservatives (myself included) would rather lose the election than see another RINO selected as the candidate. It is our belief that things may have to get worse, before the establishment can be purged of both Republican and Democrat statists.