BUT SHE'S NOT RUNNING. She, like Santorum, have NO CHANCE of winning the South Carolina primary.
Newt can be controlled. Newt considers himself an environmentalist. Good, so am I. He has said in effect that for example, nuclear energy reduces our dependence on foreign oil and reduces green house gasses. Everybody wins. I'm okay with that. Do I think that man made pollution is contributing to global warming? NO! Maybe Newt does. Who cares. He has said he thinks the jury is still out on it. He is persuadable on it, he is not an ideologue about it.
If Newt wants to make bio fuel from Algae (actually promising) instead of corn, I'm all for it. He is a “reasonable” environmentalist. So am I.
Newt perfect? Hardly. He is the ONLY real choice we have. Warts and all he is still the best qualified, most intelligent, most conservative, best funded, best speaking, most likely to beat Romney & Obama choice we have.
Swallow hard and vote for Newt.
I don't believe that. Not as of today.
BOTH candidates have 'warts.' It's just a matter of whose warts are less problematic to us.
There are a lot of conservatives who are choosing Santorum, and a lot who are still weighing both sides of the arguments.
I doubt that any Santorum supporter dislikes Newt's intellect or feistiness. It's just a matter of deciding whether or not those are the most important factors.
As I've said, as an Ohioan, I've got still got some time, and I'm using it to keep doing my homework. In the end, if Newt wins the nomination, I'll work my tail off to get him elected. And I'll do the same for Rick, should that happen.