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Good post. I have to agree with you.

Personally, I can support anyone other than Rudy ( who offers ZERO to social conservatives--at least he's honest...lol) and Paul (nut case isolationist, total capitulator).

All of the other candidates at least have,,,,, or pretend to have,,,,,SOME socially conservative positions that social conservatives can agree with.

Like you, I would have a very hard time voting for Rudy Giuliani. In reality, even he has flipped on numerous positions. He said on national TV in the 90's that no private citizen should be allowed to own a handgun. Now, he is trying to say that he supports that right in some places. He was originally against the partial-birth abortion ban, but now he's for it. He ran a sanctuary city. I'm not sure whether he's truly turned away from that policy or whether he's just trying to accuse others of doing the same.

I wouldn't be happy about voting for John McCain, but I could vote for him if necessary. If he had a good V.P. candidate, that vote would be even easier. I don't think his health is good enough for him to live through eight years in the White House. I don't care that his mother is a healthy 92. His mother didn't spend those years as a prisoner in Vietnam, and life expectancies can be different for men and women within a family.

Of the others, there are polarizing things about each of them, but those traits don't have to define the candidate. I think Mitt Romney is the best of this group because of his executive experience. I'm worried that the bigots will refuse to support a Mormon, but I have worries about all of them. Fred Thompson could have been the least polarizing figure if some of his supporters weren't so intent on driving people away from him.

Bill