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Romney is not perfect from a conservative standpoint, but is an acceptable candidate with a good shot at beating Obama. I think what we're seeing is that as a known entity, conservatives are giving him some support, but are also sticking him in their back pocket and looking at the rest of the field to see if a "perfect" (or even "more perfect") candidate strikes their fancy. That's why his numbers have stayed pretty steady, while a succession of other candidates have risen and then fallen.

If some other candidate does make an impression and manages to still look good when examined more closely (most of the field *aren't* known entities to most voters), then we should see that candidates numbers soar significantly above Romney's. So far, we haven't seen that. And absent that happening, I suspect Romney will likely win the nomination this time around. He's the "safe bet" right now. Doesn't preclude looking around, but if conservatives as a whole don't see something really amazing in any of the other candidates, he'll get it.

Cain is just this months Perry. If he can survive closer and broader examination, he may have a shot. I have a suspicion he wont though. He's so far shown an amazing ability to fall right into pretty rookie campaign pitfalls. Rhetoric to the contrary aside, there is something to be said about a candidate who has run successfully for office before.

Edited, Oct 7th 2011 4:06pm by gbaji

Candidates always look great from far far away.

Come back when he's an electable conservative.

Too busy worrying about gays and taxes.

Sadly, it's more or less what Hannity is telling everybody (as of a few months ago, at least. I've changed shifts).

Admittedly, the guy has no facts to support his conspiracy theory, but believes it none-the-less.

Question for you Varus; If it's not facts that lead one to such a conclusion, what is it?

I'm sorry, but if I were like my wife's family and hated Obama because of his race, I wouldn't even bother showing up at the polls. It would be lose-lose. Red vs. Blue politics are a footnote-- tripe to be served to their black coworkers and neighbors.

Unfortunately for you it doesn't swing both ways. Obama won in 2004 with the help of overwhelming support from people who otherwise would have had no interest at all in that election. Many people wanted him to win because of his race, again with the real politics as a footnote. When and if it boils down to Obama vs. Cain, who do you think those people will vote for? Some token black puppet for the Republican party who's main selling point is some flat tax plan that helps the rich?

Let's hope he never ends up on jury duty.

Any word if ChrisChris is running?

He left the door slightly open.

Maybe he secretly has all that already done!!

Or, maybe he's an agent of the FED, which means that he could already be our president.