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My choice would be Rick Perry. From my view, he clearly won the debate Tuesday and is coming out with a solid plan to rescue the economy (e.g., a flat tax and drill-baby-drill). Romney lost it as did Cain. Gingrich continues to do well. But neither he or Cain, or Bachmann, or Paul, or Santorum have the necessary combo of money and organization to carry on for a long haul. Once again, the race will be between Perry and Romney.
The whole mess over Cain's position on abortion is just one more example that experience does matter. He may be Pro-Life but it's hard to tell exactly what he thinks the POTUS can do about it, or if he thinks he should.
Perry's response was what I'm looking for. Perry pushed for passage and got it of a parental consent law, a sonogram requirement and stopped TX funding of Planned Parenthood. Perry understands the chief executive can push for passage of laws and act aggressively.
Perry seems to be getting better at the debates and I've never seen the thin skinned elitist Romney exposed like that before. Romney lost his cool.