[Howlin]

I know what you mean; when I first heard him speak on the floor of the Senate, I cringed.

Then I saw him work over the Dems on the Senate Foreign Relations committee during the Bolton nomination.

I'd vote for him.

[HitmanLV]

He's got my vote, too. But as you said, he has some deficiencies. They need not be fatal, though. Wait and see.