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As always, I appreciate your thoughtful analysis.

For my fellow FRiends who are disenchanted with thhe GOP field, my question to you is this:

If you don’t like who is running now, then who will you support?

None of them are the IDEAL candidate and last I checked, Jesus of Nazareth will not be on the ballot.

So ssince our task is to elect veto-proof majorities to bothe Houses and to evict Obama.......who will you support?

(I am not saying choose now....but NOT voting is a vote for Obama )

Appears you and I watched the same debate.

Cain portrayed several of his previous “backtracks” as being quoted out of context, and provided enough of the additional quote to clear things up to my satisfaction. His seeming inability to remember what question he was asked about negotiating with terrorists did cause me quite a stir. I would say that the question is not if he stumbles, but that he has stumbled and now can he ensure that it does not happen again.

The Gingrich candidacy I’m not so sure about. Early on, I thought he was brilliant, experienced, an excellent debater (especially in contrast to most of the rest of the field) and had no chance. I thought he was probably in it to help ensure we got the best electable conservative through the process. Now I am starting to wonder if he wasn’t, or perhaps isn’t, in it in case none of our guys can make it far enough.

I’m still hoping Cain turns out to be the right man, and I see a place for Gingrich in a Cain administration. I’d have no problems voting for Gingrich, but to me his knowledge of how the game is played makes me concerned that he would believe that is how the game has to be played. When the only tool you have is a hammer, all problems look like a thumb.

I’m still very concerned about Romney. I think his support pretty much only goes up from here. He’s saying the right things, and he has the right demeanor, to look like the clear choice to the majority of the party.

I do think he provided a very valuable quote the other night. His answer about the illegals was reasonable — a contractor was using illegals, he put and end to it, and when it happened again he fired the contractor. I can see myself in that position. But he never should have mentioned the “I can’t have that because I’m running for office” [not a direct quote] part.

“......the conservative world might very well turn to Gingrich.”

I already have.

Cain is a nice man, he’s intelligent and I think he is worthy of a position within the administration.

It’s going to take the smartest man in the room to turn this country around.... Newt is clearly that man.