Excellent
Now we are starting to broach the serious business of handicapping, and your approach is a starter, but if the goal is to pick the candidate who has the best chance to win in November there are a lot more categories that need to considered. Jim Rob's just selects the man who is most conservative. If the goal of the party is to win, which I believe is the purpose of a party to begin with, we have to consider a lot more factors, such as age, charisma, experience, past track record, current economic climate, current attitude of electorate, name recognition, money, potential to raise money, qualifications and appeal of the opponent, recent success or lack thereof, effort, strength of campaign staff, appearance, geographic advantages, appeal to strong, what base can be drawn to generate the most support , world situation, gendre, race, etc. etc. These are all considerations if we want to win.
I have not attributed numerical values to these qualifications, but a quick glance at the field shows me that Huckabee would be someone to consider to put money on, despite numerous personal reservations about the man. I might have a personal inclination to big horses or black greyhounds, but when I bet money, and more importantly when I bet on someone who will definitely have an impact on my country, I will set my personal preferences aside to select the winner.
Hillary must be stopped!
If I might add, ANY Democrat must be stopped. They all speak with one voice when it comes to the security of this country, our military and the WOT. At least the Republicans running (with the exception of head-in-the-sand, Ron Paul) aren't that daft.