[Grunthor]

The next POTUS will be a SOcialst from Illinois, a Liberal from Massachusetts or a Conservative from Texas with whom we disagree on a few issues.

I know which one of those three I prefer.

[Durus]

I'm pretty sure we have more choices than that. In fact I would say that not all of our choices are yet known. Regardless I'm not so sure how conservative a guy is that was a democrat until '89 and is still pro-illegal immigration as far as I can see.

Think about this for a second...he was a democrat during the following elections, Carter against Ford and then against Reagan, then Mondale against Reagan, and then Gore (not that he won the nomination) against (Dad) Bush. I was just a kid during most of these elections but I remember them quite clearly and I can't imagine being a democrat during these times. Has there ever been a more obvious choice that Reagan vs. Mondale?

If you were to constrain your choices to Perry or Romney vs. Obama, either one of them would be better. What makes Perry a better choice, in your opinion, over Romney?