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You’ve got a choice between Romney, McCain, Huckabee, and Giuliani. You could of course vote for someone who has no chance of getting the nomination, or getting elected if he did, but you might as well vote for yourself, if you’re thinking of voting for someone other than those 4.

And of the 4, McCain and Huckabee are the most liberal by far. There is really nothing about McCain that is conservative. Huckabee is conservative on abortion and gay rights, but is liberal on virtually everything else. Giuliani is conservative on most economic issues, but is liberal on social issues.

That leaves Romney. You can grumble about whether he’s really a conservative. I’ve done my share of that myself. But it’s really beyond dispute that he’s more conservative than the other 3. I don’t personally think that Huckabee and Giuliani can beat Hillary, so I view it as a choice between Romney and McCain. Given those two alternatives, I go with Romney hands down.

I don’t personally think that Huckabee and Giuliani can beat Hillary, so I view it as a choice between Romney and McCain. Given those two alternatives, I go with Romney hands down.

Good analysis. Romney's a winner.

I can't believe all the taking head putzes in the media who ignore him.

David Gergen, on CNN, suggested Romney should drop out if he didn't win Michigan.

I agree with your post except for one thing. I think that Giuliani could definitely beat Hillary. The sad thing is that it would be conservatives sitting out the election because they refuse to vote for a pro-choice candidate that would allow a pro-abortion candidate to win. I am very pro-life, but I think that being pro-choice (keeping abortion legal with restrictions) is not the same as being rabidly pro-abortion (abortion on demand, at any time in the pregnancy, with no restrictions).

BTW, Haley Barbour would make an excellent VP candidate for Romney.

McCain was for tax cuts. Either with spending cuts which was 100% ob because Bush blew the freaking budget or for the slightly smaller version. He is a small government conservative. He has always voted pro-life. He has voted pro-second. He helped confirm Alito and Roberts. He will win the war in Iraq. If you demanded the purity you want from Reagan he never would have been the nominee.

Regardless, unlike with Romney you can believe what McCain says. If he says something he will do it. He says he will secure the border first. I believe him. He says he will make the tax cuts permanent, I believe him. He is a man of honor. Romney is a weasel.

Romney represents everything we hated for so many years! He is the worst aspects of all the major presidential candidates on the left:

- The country club wealthy flip-flopper from MA. Kerry or Romney?

- The finger in the wind poll created leader. Clinton or Romney?

- The un-charismatic exaggerate everything robot. Gore or Romney?

- The polarizing nearly un-electable figure. Hillary or Romney?

- The untested candidate with no foreign policy experience who ran for president because he could not win re-election in his home state? Edwards or Romney?

Please. Are we that stupid?