How about people chime in with which current/former president they think each of our candidates would perform most similarly to?
Rick Santorum - Seems like a complete clone of George W. Bush. A true “compassionate conservative” with strong religious values and no inherent problems with big government. There is a weakness to him that I’m afraid could make him go soft and accept some bad compromises.
Mitt Romney - Bill Clinton. He will govern according to the poll numbers, flip-flopping as they change. This becomes most dangerous perhaps in wartime, when a president has to stick tight through unpopular times. Socialism is more popular now than it was under Clinton, so expect more of that. His only goal will be to get reelected.
Newt Gingrich - Ronald Reagan. He has the cajones to say I don’t care what ANYONE thinks, I’m going to do what I believe is right. His instincts are more patriotic and traditional than they are ideological or partisan. Even more than Reagan, he has the ego to believe he just might be more right than anyone else, which I view as an asset. The public, the Congress and the courts can be so wrong about everything so often. The best form of government is a benevolent monarch. Newt obviously would be restrained by checks and balances, but I believe he would be a true leader and far and away lead us in the right direction. He will also be willing to take the heat if something is unpopular but has long-term benefit that others can’t see.
Rick Perry - I honestly don’t know. I’m not a great historian but he doesn’t seem to bear similarity to many recent presidents.
I look at it like this, put them all in a uniform with a weapon along side of you facing a massed over the top rush upon your position, who would you trust to be covering your back?
Who would rise and charge?
Who would drop their wepon and run away?
And who would try to surrender??