[The Great RJ]

I think Stephens is unfortunately right. Newt clearly has the fire in the belly and would seriously stick it to Obama in debates, but he has baggage that the Obama smear machine would be happy to exploit to convince voters Newt is too flawed. Romney cannot get traction with large numbers of voters because he is too milquetoast. His speeches are reminiscent of an Al Gore lecture and even in the heat of the debate he lacks any serious sign of fire or conviction. Romney is also a moderate who in the past has favored ideas far too liberal for mainstream America let alone the conservative base of the party. A Romney nomination would be a reply of Obama vs. McCain. Santorum is a nice guy but in his sweater reminds me of Mr. Rogers both in looks and his vision of America as a neighborhood where everyone brushes their teeth and goes to church on Sunday. Ron Paul is simply in La-la land with ideas that mostly appeal to a few on the fringe.

I haven't given up and none of the candidates are anywhere near the number of delegates to get the nomination. I just hope that there is someone out in GOP land who can ride in on a white horse and save the day or our Republic will have to endure another four years of Obama and may never in my lifetime recover its greatness or worse still becone a Marxist state.

[Leep]

“..but he [gingrich] has baggage that the Obama smear machine would be happy to exploit..”

I think if anyone can take on the smear machine it is Gingrich. Lets not forget Obama has his own baggage. F&F,Solyndra ect..he has created massive debt and has little to show for it.
He is no longer the unknown interesting mysterious guy “with the big ears and funny name”
Not to mention the “blame Bush” bit isn’t going to have the punch it did.