>> Let’s just say for a moment that adultery is a deal-breaker for an individual voter on the GOP side. So that means Gingrich is out.
If that’s the criteria, then Cain is out too. But (for me anyway) it’s the LYING more than the adultery (although I’m not happy with the adultery of Gingrich and Cain either).
>> What are you left with that has ALL of these elements:
>> 1. Conservative values, not flip-flopping.
>> 2. Ability to LEAD this Country, including We The People, as well as Congress.
>> 3. Ability to win the general election against Obama.
As to 1.: Cain is a dissembler, and dissembling is not a conservative value.
As to 2.: Others have PROVEN ability to lead a state (Perry) and a Congress (Gingrich). Cain led a division of a food company; not chopped liver, but not a direct track record either. Too, good judgment is required to lead. Cain has shown major lapses in judgment.
As to 3.: That can be only conjecture at this point — for ALL the candidates. All of the candidates, frankly, have pros and cons. But an advantage to Perry and (unfortunately) Romney is their cash on hand and their robust ground game. Cain cannot boast of such. (Admittedly, neither can Gingrich.)
If lying is a deal breaker for you, then I suspect you may eventually end up rejecting all the remaining candidates by the time it's all said and done.