The conservative vote will be split among Paul (libertarian conservatives), Cruz (neoconservatives), and Huckabee (social conservatives).
Christie has been eliminated leaving the way free for Bush to waltz in and breeze through the primaries so he can save cash for the run against Hillary.
Our only hope is that Mitt's ego, stubbornness, and lack of self-reflection lead him to enter the race as well to take away some of Bush's vote.
Right now I'm leaning toward voting for someone with executive experience like Perry or Walker or even Kasich.
All governors, even Reagan, have less than stellar conservative credentials because they had to compromise with Democrats in their states to get things done.
Cruz and Paul never have to compromise because they don't have to get anything done. All they have to do is vote the right way. It's especially easy for them being in the minority to play the role of conservative purists.
This country is to big to be run by amateurs and master debaters. We see what is happening with Obama. We don't want a repeat.
That's the way I see it too. 2016 will probably be a replay of 2012. Just replace Romney with Jeb, and Obama with Hillary.
The only way out of that would be for the trailing conservatives to drop out early in the primaries, and then throw their support to the leading conservative candidate.
But I don't see that happening. Too many big egos.