I fear that neither Santorum nor Gingrich can beat obama in the general. And I’m almost certain that Romney can’t.
So....I guess here’s what I think. Perhaps our only hope is for each candidate to have enough delegates where the convention can be real, and then we can emerge with a new, surprise nominee (ie, Gov Jindal from Louisiana).
Then we have a short intense 3 month campaign, and then we beat obama.
Otherwise, I fear, none of Gingrich, Santorum, Romney nor Paul can win.
And dammit, I am in pain for my country to have to say that. But that is my very real fear at this moment.
I disagree. I think all 3 of them can beat Obama in the general election; if the election is about Obama, which it should be.
You are full of fear and you can only guess what you think your opinion is.
Whoa girl, change your screen name, try something more definitive, "Severely conservative dudette", because you are, I fear, ball-less.
I don't know if Rick can beat Obama ...it will depend on how he matures between now and the election and whether his “right to life” stance will be too rigid to gain enough of the moderate vote.
Newt is the venerable warrior who has the best experience and talent to beat Obama and the Dem Machine and the vision required to get this Republic out of the mess we are in. That said, as we all know, he has a lot of baggage and high “negatives.”
Romney will depress the base and will have great difficulty arguing against Obamcare given his historic authorship of Romneycare ...and then there is the question of whether he would really abolish Obamacare if he should be elected.
Given all of the above; I am still backing Newt; but, will accept Rick if he wins the nomination and picks a decent Conservative for VeeP.
Regards,
-Geoff