I trust Mitt Romney more than I trust Fred Thompson. I don't like everything that Mitt Romney has said or done over the years. I've sent money to Duncan Hunter and not to Mitt Romney because Duncan Hunter has been fighting for my beliefs for all of these years. However, the weaknesses in Mitt Romney's record have at least some excuse in his living in a liberal state and wanting to make the changes that would keep that state solvent and efficient. He couldn't have done anything in Massachusetts if he'd campaigned as a hard-core pro-lifer.
Fred Thompson doesn't have that excuse. As a popular senator from Tennessee, he could have stood strong for conservative principles. He didn't have to embrace campaign finance reform. He didn't have to vote for the Lautenberg gun ban. He had the political capital to tell people that the ban was a bad idea that sounded good to people who weren't thinking very deeply. He could have voted to convict Clinton on both counts of impeachment. I know that he has a long explanation for his vote, but the vote was still the wrong vote. I'll continue supporting Mr. Hunter until he quits the race or until he seems to be mathematically eliminated, but when that day comes, I'd rather support Mitt Romney than Fred Thompson. The more often I read posts by Fred Thompson supporters, the less likely I am to support him.
Bill
Excellent synopsis.