Conservatives are being manipulated, by the push polls and by the trashing media.
I agree it's not a very good field. That said, the media and the polls push our candidates and then they trash them. Santorum, the new flavor of the month, will be found to be no better than the long list of candidates who preceded him. By that time the process will be complete. We will have three or four trashed candidates splitting the anti Mitt vote, and Mitt with his 30%, will take the nomination.
Our candidates are pushed to the top, then the dems and weak assed repubbies pull the rug out with negative blather.
When, and if, Mitt gets the nod, the dems have 4 1/2 tons (figuratively) of trash to dump on Mitt. He will have some bimbo come out with “his” lovechild. He will have gropped not only women, but men AND kids. He will have caused floods and car wrecks...and on and on. By election time the polls will be 70 for 0 and 21 for Mitt.