Well, Rudy's out now, too. With McCain's victory in Florida, and with only Romney, McCain, Huckabee, and Paul (yes...amazingly, he's sticking it out) left to choose from, we continue to be more and more set for a brokered convention. Seriously, here are your choices:
1. McCain -- A maverick his entire career, exceedingly moderate (which is why so many independents are sneaking into the Republican primaries to vote for him), and with a horrible record on many conservative issues, he only appeals to independents, consistently losing by margins of 2-1 among the base. The media fawns all over him, which is another reason why he's managed to stick around so long. He has a few good ideas and is strong for the military, but is not capable of rallying the Republican Party.
2. Huckabee -- I can't believe I once thought he'd be a good choice. Sure, he's an evangelical so he'll get lots of folks who can't see beyond that to vote for him, as we've already seen. He's socially conservative. But his record is horrible, especially on taxes. He raised taxes so many times as governor of Arkansas, you'd think he was a Democrat.
3. Paul -- Uh, no. We don't need an isolationist libertarian in today's world; he has some good ideas but he would NEVER get elected, not in a million years. Plus, that whole Ron Paul newsletter thing really turned me off to him. How will it look if he were to go up against Obama, with the sort of racist statements that emerged from that newsletter?
4. Romney -- He's not ideal, and some people think he's a flip-flopper because he changed his position on abortion. However, he's the strongest on economic issues and he's the most consistently conservative (true conservative, not the fake kind) of any of the remaining candidates. As to if he's electable, again, the guy was a REPUBLICAN governor...in MASSACHUSETTS (aka "Kennedyland"). Now that has its advantages and disadvantages. He has made statements that are not conservative. On the other hand he has had to work with the extreme handicap of a Democrat state. I feel he is probably our best option for a conservative candidate.
I feel our best choice, Fred Thompson, is gone. We've also lost another great choice in Rudy Giuliani. We're at a point where we're trying to do the best we can with what we have left. I'm voting for Romney on Tuesday. I urge any of my fellow Republicans to do the same. We get Romney, who's probably the best choice among the current candidates. However, if there is still enough of a horse race through this, we might get a brokered convention. In our current situation, this would be our best outcome; we would most likely get a real conservative candidate based on a good consensus of the Republican Party. We might even get Newt Gingrich, who certainly would be a good choice.
Should we end up with McCain, as many pundits believe we will, I honestly don't know what I will do. I don't want to ditch my vote, but I will find it extremely difficult to support a man whom I believe would be nearly as bad a President as any of the Democrats would be.
Thanks for reading along.
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