Fiddlestick
Romney's flip-flops on abortion and contraception were well documented in 2008. Mike Huckabee denounced them in the debates. Romneycare was signed in 2006
I have to conclude that Santorum is NOT as principled as he pretends to be. Only lack of judgement could have made him to say what he said about Romney back in 2008:
“In a few short days, Republicans from across this country will decide more than their party’s nominee. They will decide the very future of our party and the conservative coalition that Ronald Reagan built. Conservatives can no longer afford to stand on the sidelines in this election, and Gov. Romney is the candidate who will stand up for the conservative principles that we hold dear.”
After reading that, I just cannot support him now.
Newt is the only genuine conservative candidate in the field.
I'm curious as to your take on his support of Democrat, Dede Scozzafava, and how that makes him 'the only genuine conservative.'
As I see it, both Santorum and Gingrich are conservatives with some flaws. It all depends on which flaws you think are more significant when as a conservative, you make your choice between the two.
Your statement, in and of itself, is quite flawed. Rick is a conservative, and a genuine one as well.
(A lot of conservatives saw Mitt as the least offensive of a very offensive field in 2008. That doesn't make them liberals, any more than voting for reluctantly for McCain over Obama makes one a liberal).
Santorum is a sanctimonious, dogmatic lightweight, Newt is a nutbag, and Romney is a slimy gameshow host. I hate to say it, but that's how I see it.
But all three are so much superior to Obama that it isn't funny. The one fortunate truth is that the tea party/conservative/anti-ObamaCare sentiment is so strong within the GOP right now that any GOP nominee would have to sing that tune after the election, or be completely abandoned by his own party and guarantee lame-duck status in his first term.
I don't like any of them, but any of them will get my vote in November.