I did not mean to suggest that that Romney is the only alternative candidate to Newt Gingrich, although polls still have them in the lead in key states-I think the race is between Cain and Newt Gingrich. I didn't mean to suggest that there is not necessarily a direct correlation between personal morality, for example marital fidelity, and the greater good for the greater number, in this case 40 million babies.
As to immigration: I remember Gingrich's stinging denunciation of Bush's amnesty plan and I believe he has been sound on immigration all along. Indeed, I remember being excoriated for a vanity I posted blaming Bush for the deplorable lack of enforcement on the border. Gingrich certainly does not share Perry's lack of clarity on this issue and I think Romney has once again flipped when he should've stayed flopped or vice versa. Herman Cain had to climb down off his own electrified fence but I will grant that he is probably sound on the issue as he is on most issues. I don't think any true conservative would find much to quarrel with in Gingrich's enforcement of the law concerning enforcement of employment of illegals.
I believe that moral indignation has its place as does the exploration of the candidate's character and political philosophy. It was the absence of this examination respecting Barack Obama that got us into the mess we are in. I find, however, that some posters, present company excepted, are reflexively posting half-truths concerning Gingrich which might lead the uninformed into misconstruing Gingrich's record.
