I want an executive with a proven record.
I have no idea who is our toughest candidate to defeat Obama and no one else does, either.
So far, even Perry has the best winning record in elections.
It is a media age and the debate and communication skills of the winning candidate are of utmost importance. Shouldn't be, but it is what it is. The voting electorate is largely ignorant and given to basing their decision on the dumbest of reasons, including if a gaffe is made at a televised debate.
My biggest concern is that it appears to me that the only beneficiaries of Newt's dropping numbers are Mitt and LRon(?!), not Rick Perry so much. That's a huge problem. If not Newt, it's gonna be Mitt and I cannot imagine a worse scenario.