[napscoordinator]

And I am telling you that if we pick Newt or Perry for that fact, we will lose. Why are FREEPERS giving up on the conservatives? Bachmann is extremely intelligent. Santorum is so conservative that I don’t think anyone is more so and Cain has a varied experience that no other has. This is the saddest election ever.

[hemogoblin]

If we get the House and Senate, Obama could win and it actually might be fun to watch until he quits or is impeached.

I am not getting too exercised at this point about this media-controlled square dance.

[Longbow1969]

Why are FREEPERS giving up on the conservatives? Bachmann is extremely intelligent. Santorum is so conservative that I don’t think anyone is more so and Cain has a varied experience that no other has. This is the saddest election ever.

You think we all don't wish we had another Ronald Reagan? You think some of us don't wish we had a super solid conservative who could actually get elected?

I agree with Bachmann more than any other candidate, but she just doesn't come across well. I wish she did. I wish we had a candidate with her views who seemed presidential, but Michele comes off poorly and the polls reflect that. I like Santorum too, but again, he doesn't make a good impression and he lost his home state of PA by 18 points last time around. As for Cain, he's a happy warrior and a good motivational speaker - but the guy doesn't seem to know much about...well...anything other than 999. Not only does that not cut it, but I don't even like 999 because I oppose the consumption tax. Herman is too much of a novice anyway, he's just nowhere near ready for a national presidential general election. He'd get crushed and take our House majority down with him.

We need to support the most conservative candidate who CAN win. This is not the time for a national version of Christine O'Donnell - a good conservative who had absolutely zero chance to win statewide in Delaware. I'd hope people have learned their lesson with the miserable failures that were CoD, Angle, Miller, etc. Bad candidates don't win no matter how right they are on the issues.

So we all agree Romney isn't even a conservative. That leaves us with only 2 candidates, Newt and Perry, who have a reasonable shot at knocking off Mitt. I've tried to support Perry, I hoped he could get his act together, but it seems to me he just doesn't have the communications skills needed for the job. So as best I can tell, that leaves us with Newt.

[caww]

This is the saddest election ever.

Well we can blame that on the whole lott'a them!..and those who might have run had the condition of this country not been as is and scared them off.

Naps , this is the last opportunity to turn the ship...but it will not be the last opportunity to vote for a conservative.

[jageorge72]

And I am telling you that if we pick Newt or Perry for that fact, we will lose. Why are FREEPERS giving up on the conservatives? Bachmann is extremely intelligent. Santorum is so conservative that I don’t think anyone is more so and Cain has a varied experience that no other has. This is the saddest election ever. I absolutely don't see HOW Newt Gingrich will lose to Barack Obama. Did you ever hear one of his speeches? NO ONE draws a clearer distinction between the results of Obama's liberal policies, vs. his conservative proposals (New Contract). All Obama can do is attack. He has no record of accomplishment to run on. Yes.... Newt has some material to attack, but Newt is pretty bad*ss in defending himself. Have you seen the moderators go after Newt, and the end result? Hey.... I love Rick Santorum, but if he jumped into the lead, Free Republic would go crazy, calling him a RINO for supporting Arlen Spector. Santorum would be the Mike Huckabee of the race, but he is just lacking the charisma and personality to rise up. Bachmann is very conservative too, but people find her attacks on other candidates to be petty. She's done after Iowa. Cain is just flat-out WAY too inexperienced. If he can't answer simple Libya questions, imagine how bad the 1 billion dollar Obama attack machine will destroy him. 9-9-9 is not the answer to all questions. I'm telling you.... get behind Newt. NO ONE can dissect Obama like Newt will.