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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Not so fast.....
	Date:	8/22/2011 5:05:26 PM

As yet I am undecided although I can tell you who will not be my choice and it will be mostly based on who I think can beat Oblamer rather than some purity test. None of the candidates are perfect but some are less perfect than others. Palin (I like her but we don't need a repeat of 2008 and she could do so much more as a non-candidate), Santorum (who I like but can't get my arms around), Huntsman (I don't even know why he is there), Cain (who I like and admire but he is too inexperienced), Paul (he is a nut) and Newt ( a great debater and has lots of good ideas but too polarizing).

I am still open minded about Romney, Bachman and Perry. But I also think there are a couple of viable candidates on the fringes like Paul Ryan that may jump in that I would consider. I think, or maybe I hope, that GOP primary voters will be pragmatic and go for who they think can win rather than what happened in 2008 where the frontrunners cannibalized each other and left the way open for McCain.......who I still believe would be better than the Messiah but that is setting a low bar for performance.

Question for you, are there any in the hunt that you would consider? I know Bachman is out but what about Romney or Perry? Romney has to be closer to you on social issues than me but I worry about his ability to carry the jobs message which I think (unless things change for the better very soon) will be the seminal issue. Perry I know may be too socially conservative but if you came to believe he had better ideas on the economy would you be able to put that aside?