I have been following this conversation; so to you TBBT and to annieokie. My daddy taught me never to argue with idiots, they just drag you down to their level and will all ways beat you with experience.
I’m just a citizen, not part of any political campaign in my life.
God Bless you 5th, and thank you for your service to our nation.
IMHO...
My preference is Mr. Cain as he is the most conservative and the most outside-of-politics of the top 4 (Cain, Gingrich, Paul, Mittens).
Gingrich supporters here, like me, try to help out their candidate. I - like most conservatives, IMHO - would vote for Cain, Gingrich or Paul over Obama, so I don’t verbally thrash any of those three here, as they may wind up being the candidate that I want to win. Some of the Gingrich supporters here have gone negative on Cain; evidently they mistakenly believe that it is the way to help Gingrich.
Gingrich is a Washington insider - but at least he often comes across as a very hawkish, conservative one, even if he has negotiated at times in ways which can only elicit the response of placing one’s face in one’s palm. But we “deal with it”, because we have no illusions about Washington, DC; deals have to be made. The only concerns I have (like many conservatives do) with his career are all related to his being a big-time politician. There’s no doubt he would be wildly successful against Obama in debates. The downside for him versus Obama in the general election is that Dems have the parts of his political history that rattle some conservatives and other parts that rally the far left ballot box stuffing machine. Herman, on the other hand, is someone who the left has already proven that all they have to bring against him are false allegations.
I see it as simply a sign of the times; those Americans who pay the bills are about done with professional politicians and with lobbies. But there is no real way to get rid of them. All that can be done is the desperate act of electing outsiders to Congress and the Presidency, then getting all over them like white on rice once they’re in office.
Newt is about to start facing the onslaught from the left designed to knock him out of the primary, where Cain will continue to build support from here since the lies they threw at him just bounced off. Newt will have the boost that the Republican establishment will support him somewhat. When it comes down to Romney versus one of the other three in the next few months - all the support of all other candidates will coelsce around the survivor of all the non-Romneys. And Mittens will remain with the 22% who have supported him all along.
America is, I believe, desperate for outsiders at this time.