[SoCar]

Newt is a non starter. He should take himself out of the running immediately. It's not the personal baggage per se, but the claims of hypocrisy that will resonate and sink him. Plus he has zero charm or charisma.

Rudy or Romney are the best bets. I think fiscal conservatism and the WOT are much more important than social conservatism. All we need a candidate to do is commit to judges like Scalia, Roberts, Alito, and Thomas. You don't have to be a social conservative to want conservative judges and that's the whole ball of wax. In fact, strict doctrine of social conservatism IMHO is not a winner.

[Plutarch]

Voted and bumped.

[B Knotts]

I think fiscal conservatism and the WOT are much more important than social conservatism.

Then, you think none of it is very important, because without the social conservatism, you cannot win elections.