Can’t we do better than Newt Gingrich??? He wont please us conservatives any more than bush did!! Probably less!!
/whine
That's what the primary process is supposed to be about. We can either vote for a conservative candidate. Or we can vote for someone who is popular like Newt. I would have hoped that we had learned our lesson after the McCain fiasco four years ago. Unfortunately, the crowd that gave us McCain then has already settled on anointing McNewt as his successor even before the first primary vote has been cast.
As I see it at this point, the only conservative choices we have are Bachmann, Santorum, Cain, Paul, and Huntsman. I know I'll get flamed for including Huntsman in that group due to his ties to the Obama State Department, but his record as governor was decent.
As for me, I will be voting for Rick Santorum because of all the candidates, he most closely shares my views. I refuse to take the moderate approach and vote for whoever happens to be leading in the polls at that time.