Last USA-Gallup, Santorum was 4 points behind Obama and Gingrich was 15 points Obama. If it isn’t Santorum, its Romney.
Believe me, I hope that whomever the nominee is, a Republican wins. I just don’t think enough independents will pull for Santorum. Same with Gingrich. The press will eat them alive.
Romney, fortunately or unfortunately (depends on how you feel about him), I believe, is the only one that can outlast the media’s attacks. His centricity (or flip-flopping) may drive Conservatives crazy, but it is still infinitely better than four more years of failure.
Although, Paul is one of those “he’s so crazy he just might win” candidates...
You can hope that it is Romney if you don’t get Santorum, supposedly that is true for most Santorum supporters, but conservatives will still support the freerepublic candidate Newt Gingrich.