Newt. Mitt. Rick. Ron. Is this the best we have?

Call me crazy, but I would think in a country of 350+ million, we’d be able to find a more palatable GOP candidate to run for President. Here’s my take on things: Newt Gingrich isn’t “transformational” as he likes to describe himself. The only thing he seems to transform are versions of his personal history (not to mention wives) to suit his needs. Mitt Romney is a fine businessman who has far more wins than losses on his balance sheet – but there’s something about him I don’t buy. He just doesn’t seem genuine. I like him, but. And that seems to be what a lot of people say; “I like him, but…”
I wish Mitt had the intestinal fortitude to support a woman’s right to make medical decisions about her own body – like he used to. But, he’s just too afraid the right wing of the GOP will abandon him. Well let’s be honest, they don’t like him anyway. And they won’t vote for him. They were never going to vote for him. He’s going to lose votes on this and other social issues anyway – so he may as well support more moderate positions on them. His net gain in independents, Blue Dog Democrats, and moderate Republicans such as myself is going to be far more than his net loss among right wing conservatives – there are a lot more of us when we combine the three voting blocks! As for Rick Santorum and Ron Paul, I’m sure they have the best interest of the country at heart. Really, I’m sure of it. 100%. And that’s all I can say about them – because, well, they have the best interest of the country at heart.
So, all the qualified GOP candidates, the good, reasonable, moderate people like my two favorites Tom Coburn and Chuck Hagel don’t run. They know better. They don’t want to be flayed by the press nor do they want their families to be subjected to media vivisection. I don’t blame them. Neither would I.
And that leaves us with the GOP candidates we have now.

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