1. Gingrich
2. Perry
3. Santorum
I am certain that each one could make a good president and a great alternative to our present Marxist in chief, the main reason for my order is my own judgment of electability, executive experience, and the capacity to lay out a conservative vision and convince others of his ability to govern. Each has flaws and weaknesses, in the past I've accentuated Perry's weaknesses, but still have him in second and would be thrilled if he were to overcome what has happened. If Santorum can weather his rise in the polls and overcome some of his perceived weaknesses I could easily bump him up in my order.
We are going to have to watch and listen carefully as the next two or three weeks go by to see which of these three has the best chance to become the favorite of conservatives. How they handle themselves in the next debates, how they work their organizations to get their message out will be critical in them proving to us who to pick. Their ability to paint a vision for us to want to join them will be extremely important in which one of them we back. I believe the one who will rise to the top in the next few weeks will be fairly obvious, and we will need to decide or we will be in a world of hurt, electing Romney in our short sightedness.
It is important that we consolidate behind one of them by the time of the South Carolina primary, but from now until then we need to accentuate Romney's negatives and attempt to educate our fellow voters about who he is. One thing is certain, we need to participate in taking Romney out, he is the last one we should consider as the GOP nominee. As we watch and decide which of these last three will be our choice, holding fire on the weaknesses of our preferred candidate would be smart; it would be far better if we accentuate the positives of these three (the one we prefer), at the same time as we dwell on the negatives of Romney.
If people know which PACs we can contribute to that will run negative ads against Romney in all states, please give us links on how to donate. If anyone knows how to begin such a PAC, or if there is time to begin one, please give us information on how to do so.
I believe the one who will rise to the top in the next few weeks will be fairly obvious, and we will need to decide or we will be in a world of hurt, electing Romney in our short sightedness.
Can't agree more about the need for the conservative patriot base to rally around whichever anti-Romney stands tallest after South Carolina and Florida. Like you, I think it will be more than obvious who that is, by that point.
For my money, I think it will be Gingrich, and although he's a flawed conservative, we can't spare the man. He fights, and in my mind, is best suited of the three to lead the country into a decade of restoration and reformation.
It's not up to us to coalesce behind one candidate, is it? Rather I think it's up to the individual candidates to drop out. South Carolina looks like it's wide open, now that Governor Perry has decided to compete, since he's the only Evangelical conservative, going against Catholic rivals Gingrich and Santorum.
I'm remaining all in for Newt, praying he can rebound to the top where he belongs. It's a wait and see for me.
Faux is still pounding him, and Rupert Murdoch tweeted support for Santorum, so maybe he won't get shredded by Faux.
What a dilemma for Faux, huh? Heretofore, their boy Romney or Rupert's?
To that, I say, GO SANTORUM! LOL.
Your three are my three. Have you been tracking me?