Thin ice? Ya think? I believe that both Romney and Gingrich are flawed candidates, and that neither one is a conservative. You may consider that to be “thin ice” but I’m pretty sure I will be proven right. I hope that whichever one of them gets the nomination will rise to the occasion and prove me wrong, both on their effectiveness as a candidate and their conservative beliefs. On the other hand, I thought that four years ago too, and it didn’t work out too well.
I will work to elect whoever our candidate is, just as I did four years ago, as either one would be better than the incumbent. My point, however, is that if we think either one of them is a conservative, we’re deluding ourselves. There are some candidates, like Reagan, with a solid ideological compass, who could be counted on to do the right thing in any situation. Neither of these guys is that kind of candidate. They will need constant pressure to correct the leftward drift that I believe either one of them is prone to. In that respect, they are a lot like McCain.
The sad thing about this election is that we are stuck with these two for choices. I think the resurgence of Newt as a perceived conservative alternative - and in fact the procession of straw man conservative alternatives set up and knocked down - highlights the opportunity we have this year, and the hunger for a true conservative in this race.
