[SoConPubbie]

Sorry, I think I know where you are going with this.

Just because Mitt has had some business experience, doesn't make him a principled leader.

That is what we need, not a businessman, but a leader with principles.

Somebody who will govern from heart-felt beliefs in conservative principles like self-reliance, morality, and a basic fidelity to principle.

Mitt fails on all three.

His morals are suspect as he has been all over the board on Abortion, and support for Gay Rights, and he lies all the time.

[Darkwolf377]

Sorry, I think I know where you are going with this. Just because Mitt has had some business experience, doesn't make him a principled leader. That is what we need, not a businessman, but a leader with principles. Somebody who will govern from heart-felt beliefs in conservative principles like self-reliance, morality, and a basic fidelity to principle. Mitt fails on all three. His morals are suspect as he has been all over the board on Abortion, and support for Gay Rights, and he lies all the time.

I get what you're saying, esp. about abortion. But I really don't want to get into that (since we're in agreement). As things stand right now, I support Palin.

Again, purely on how to deal with this economy, I simply don't see what Palin's got. Is it going to be enough to say to the American people "she's a good person"? She is that. I trust her more than I do Romney in terms of principles and personal morality.

But is being a good person enough to be the president we need?

Is it really a sign of seriousness that we look at Romney's track record and say "Mitt has had some business experience" when in fact he's had substantial experience.

We keep saying Obama has never run anything. Well, that's true. But has what Palin's run for a couple of years given her enough experience to deal with the current crisis?

I openly say I am not a Palin bot, thoough she's the best we've got right now. But we need a brilliant economic mind here. Are we really going to go to the American people while we're in our fourth year of Obama and say "She is the person best qualified to lead us out of this"?

What evidence is there that the American public will say "Well, we're in tough times, but she's very principled"

Reading over this I know I'm very close to looking like a Romney fan. To those who suspect this all I can say is I'm not, check my posting history.

We have to get it together to defeat this guy and, as the earlier post says, not let the Rockefeller Republicans take control.

I believe Palin is a Reaganite, and Romney a Rockefeller Republican through and through. I'm not talking about another McCain "electable" disaster.

But I don't see the argument to those who don't support Palin now that she's the best person to lead us in this economy. I can easily see Romney following McvCain's playbook, and some more "conservatives" splitting the vote and we get Romney...

I dunno, I'm just seeing a lot of trouble with either one--Palin from THEM, Romney from US.