I am/was a loyal Cain guy.....totally sold on “the businessman-political outsider thing.” I would agree that Bachman is probably the best Conservative alternative at this point. However, as of now, I'm sitting out the primaries and unfortunately I think most of Cain's supporters will sit out or go to Gingrich. Bachman burned some serious bridges with the Cain folks with her 666/999 analogy and opportunist/dishonest portrayal of Cain's position on life. Gingrich on the other hand has been careful to not burn bridges with the supporters of his rivals. I personally would support Bachman over Gingrich in a heartbeat...but I think Bachman would have been better served attacking Romney and Gingrich rather than her fellow Conservatives.
The '666' comment may have not been the best thing to say but IMO it was twisted out of context. IIRC she 'meant' the 'Devil' was in the details. And in DC the details mean everything. Pretty soon, like under an all dem gubmint Cain's 9-9-9 would become 20-20-20.
Plus the media beat Michele over and over with that '666' comment solely, or mostly because she's religious and they're all atheists or 'agnostics'. They just love to mock anyone who believes in God, especially Christians.
I 'kinda' liked Newt as he's undoubtedly the smartest guy in the room and he's 'found religion' and paid (repented) for his past sins. But his recent immigration blurb was a shot between the eyes. It was Perry's heartless comment v2.0. Newt just used the phrase 'we're humane'. (well sorry Newt, I'm not.)