Given your desires, and the fact that Senator Goldwater is dead, who among the current field most closely fits your requirements?
Pfft. None of them really- the field is weak. I like Santorum’s social conservatism but I can’t see that he has any executive experience. I think much the same of Michelle Bachmann, although I find her more attractive, because, well, I find her attractive. Newt Gingrich is in my opinion a crook, Perry a repeat of the last Bush, and Romney in my view might as well be a Democrat. All that being said, I find Bachmann, Santorum, or Newt preferable to Romney in that order. Ron Paul....well, considering I want Mecca, Tehran etc. to be radioactive dust ASAP, doesn’t make the cut, nor would Huntsman- actually working in the Obama administration voluntarily suggests he isn’t worthy of my support.