I have struggled along with most conservatives with the decision of who to support in the primaries and caucuses. I have watched all the televised debates and have read almost everything I could find on all the major candidates. I will support whoever the Republican nominee is, although I would have to hold my nose to vote for Ron Paul. Luckily, there is about a 0.00% chance of that happening, give or take 0.05%.
The two most important issues the eventual nominee must be right on are the repeal of Obamacare and putting an end to illegal immigration. Failure on either of these issues and we might as well change our name from America to West Europe.
If you’ve seen California lately, then you’ve seen our future if we don’t put an end to illegal immigration. The electorate of the entire country will resemble California. At that point, we are a one-party nation. Already, conservatives can’t win state-wide office in California due to the changes in the electorate caused by illegal immigration.
If Obamacare isn’t repealed in the next few years, it never will be. Already, employers are planning on dropping health insurance benefits for employees because it will be less expensive to pay the penalties than to pay the premiums. That’s no accident. Obamacare was designed to incentivize employers to drop coverage. By the time Obamacare fully kicks in, there won’t be a private health insurance industry to go back to. We’ll all be on Medicare and the single-payer system of socialized medicine will have arrived.
Every one of the Republican candidates will repeal Obamacare if they have a filibuster-proof senate. Otherwise they will neuter it to the point it won’t matter.
So, which candidate is the strongest on illegal immigration?
It’s easy to say you want to close the border, but it’s not as easy for a Republican candidate to insist on the use of E-Verify. The business lobby is very much against E-Verify because it works. In fact, a law requiring the use of E-Verify along with severe penalties for violation would be infinitely more effective at stopping illegal immigration than a border fence alone.
Any candidate that’s serious about stopping illegal immigration must support E-Verify. Rick Santorum, Rick Perry and Ron Paul all oppose E-Verify. It’s hard to figure out exactly what Newt Gingrich wants, but it’s not E-Verify. Michele Bachmann and Mitt Romney are the only candidates that fully support E-Verify.
Michele Bachmann is a true conservative. She’s certainly more conservative than Mitt Romney. Both are right on the most important issues facing the country. So, it comes down to who is the most electable? Which one has the best chance of defeating Obama?
Although Bachmann has many great qualities, she has little private sector, and no public sector executive experience. Unless she surprises in the Iowa caucuses, she’ll soon run out of money. Only one sitting congressman has ever been elected president. Do we really want to gamble on trying to elect a congresswoman as the first female president?
Romney is accused of being a flip-flopper. I see him as more of a flipper. To me, a flip-flopper is someone who goes back and forth between liberal and conservative. Romney’s views have changed over the years, but he’s always gone from liberal to conservative. In other words, he has always changed views in one direction.
Romney has successful private sector and public sector executive experience. Although he’s to the left of Bachmann, he is more conservative than people give him credit for. Also, the fact that he is perceived as more moderate gives him an advantage in the general election with independents and moderate Democrats.
After all is said, it’s gotta be Romney.
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Gingrich is more qualified than any of them. And with the conservitive fever spreading across the country. Its time for a real conservitive, not a middle of the road do gooder
I like Newt Gringrich. I especially like the idea of a Gingrich-Obama debate. The problem is for every 5 things he does or says that are sound and reasonable, he says or does 2 things which are way out in left field. His leadership credentials are both impressive and very disappointing. He lead Republicans to control of the House of Representatives for the first time in 40 years. Then, by the end of his term he had a mutiny on his hands and was thrown out by his own party.
Gringrich gives Obama a very big and easy target to destroy. Romney, not as much.
I would like to see the perfect conservative candidate running against Obama. Problem is, there isn’t anyone like that running. So, the next question is, who is the most conservative candidate with the best chance of beating Obama? The answer I came to is Mitt Romney.