I could have voted for John Huntsman, but none of the other Republican candidates were acceptable. The other problem is that the Republican party hasn't been a "Fiscally Conservative" party for a long time. We do need one, but there isn't any current party that will fill that role that doesn't also have other terrible positions.

It wasn't that I wanted "Free Stuff"... it's that I don't want a pathological liar who also feels that people who aren't like him don't deserve the same rights.

>> ^gwiz665:

That bill is far more damning than any newsletters ever were.
Maybe John Huntsman is a good alternative.


I could actually see myself getting behind Huntsman, he seems to be quite reasonable. But there's no way he could win the nomination of the rabid rightwing, for precisely the same reason.

That bill is far more damning than any newsletters ever were.

Maybe John Huntsman is a good alternative.

What's wrong with Huntsman? And I would argue that Santorum is at least as religious as Bachmann.>> ^bobknight33:

The Grand Old Party aka the Republican Party
Rick Perry -- Once Democrat - Turncoat
Newt Gingrich -- Left leaning with way to much baggage
Mitt Romney -- Romneycare- Left leaning
Ron Paul -- Stickler for the Constitution- even to a fault (Foreign Affairs)doesn't waiver,
Rick Santorum -- Good,Conservative but needs to place well in Iowa
John Huntsman -- The Foreign Affairs Champ of the bunch -
Michele Bachmann -- Like Ron Paul but carries too much religious Baggage
As a conservative it appears the Paul and Santorum are the best choice.

The Grand Old Party aka the Republican Party

Rick Perry -- Once Democrat - Turncoat
Newt Gingrich -- Left leaning with way to much baggage
Mitt Romney -- Romneycare- Left leaning
Ron Paul -- Stickler for the Constitution- even to a fault (Foreign Affairs)doesn't waiver,
Rick Santorum -- Good,Conservative but needs to place well in Iowa
John Huntsman -- The Foreign Affairs Champ of the bunch -
Michele Bachmann -- Like Ron Paul but carries too much religious Baggage

As a conservative it appears the Paul and Santorum are the best choice.

>> ^NetRunner:

Least harmful? I'm gonna say Gary Johnson or John Huntsman, but that may just be because all I know of them is their relative sanity in the debates.
Of the people who have any real chance of winning, Romney would be the least harmful.
Which is why I'm pretty sure Perry or Bachmann will be the nominee.


I didn't think Johnson had been allowed into any of the debates yet. I disagree with him on his no tax increases stance (presently universal among the Republicans), but overall I'm a fan.

http://videosift.com/video/Gary-Johnson-speaks-at-CPAC-2011

Least harmful? I'm gonna say Gary Johnson or John Huntsman, but that may just be because all I know of them is their relative sanity in the debates.

Of the people who have any real chance of winning, Romney would be the least harmful.

Which is why I'm pretty sure Perry or Bachmann will be the nominee.