I only know that I was prepared to give Ron Paul the benefit of the doubt until he ran all those vicious attacks on everyone not named “Ron Paul” (and by the way...anyone not named “Mitt Romney”) in the SC primaries. The guy’s a scumbag and monomaniac who Gingrich and Santorum wisely chose to ignore.
He may not be the perfect candidate, but he isn’t crazy, monomaniacal, or a scumbag. Unfortunately, a similar treatment was given to every leading Mittens alternative by the partisans of candidates who were not leading. The result is Mittens. I hope everyone is happy. Once Huntsman and Pawlenty were gone, I could have lived with anyone but Mittens.