Right now, I'm really hoping Thompson declares, although so far NO poll has him beating either Hillary or Obama---but again, that might change if he actually becomes a real candidate.
You, fall right in line with media manipulation, I hope you know. They have been nickel and dimeing Romney over Mormon and abortion, because he is the strongest candidate. They want you to love a senator, because that’s all the Dems have. It levels the playing field.
I'm wondering about that. Certainly he looks slick to me, but then again I'm about as cynical as they come when the topic is politicians. It's very difficult for me to view this through the eyes of your "normal" voter who only pays attention for two months every four years.
and already has so many flip-flops on his record that he is Kerry-esque.
That is undoubtedly a concern. One of the things that may be lost in the analysis of last night is whether any candidate made a major slip-up that will become campaign commercial material. I believe Romney was caught in at least one (regarding his support of abortion v. comments made in a 1994 debate), and it's possible there may be others that we don't catch at first glance.
And given his "evolving" views, there is great potential for more slips. His saving grace may be that he doesn't have the volume of public statements that US Senators do.