PS - I agree with you (and NO, I don’t support Mittens - it’s just a fact that he’d have a better chance against BHO than Santorum, which isn’t saying much). Neither MR nor RS can beat BHO - Newt could.
I listened again to my hero Breitbart’s speech at CPAC and he was right as usual. He said we really need to vote for whoever ends up running against BHO because he’s that frightening for our country (I’m paraphrasing somewhat), and I will. Maybe if more of us had voted against b. hussein in ‘08, he would’ve lost, but SO many decided to “sit it out” on principle.
I’m just saying that (IMO) neither MR nor RS can beat the Wan, but he has to be stopped. If there weren’t a massive media/establishment shut-out of Newt, and millions more could hear him, he’d defeat Obama and save the Republic with our support.
Before I disagree with this, let me say that I completely agree Newt is the best candidate. I also completely agree we need to vote against Obama, no matter who the Republicans put up against him.
But I vehemently disagree with the sentiments expressed on Free Republic or elsewhere by analysts or supporters of one candidate or the other that any of the top three Republican candidates "can't" beat Obama or is "unelectable".
The often forgotten truth of this election is that if the economy tanks or gas prices keep skyrocketing ALL of them could beat Obama. On the other hand if gas prices go way down and the economy improves drastically, NONE of them could beat Obama. This race will be a referendum on Obama. Their differences in electability are slight and pale by comparison to the impact that the economy will have on the race. Those differences are debatable (each of the candidates has a reasonable explanation why he thinks he is the most electable, I happen to agree with Newt's), but COULD matter if the economy stays lukewarm and the race stays close.
No gripe with you in particular--I'm just getting really, really tired of the absolutist statements that some of our candidates can't beat Obama. And I figured I'd rather point that out to someone who shares my candidate preference rather than picking on a Santorum or Romney supporter. ;-)