So a good Russian friend asks me...

"So Derek, What do you think of the Republican candidates?" [I should note my friend although from the old country despises commies and is a solid conservative—he has lived in America for over 20 years.]
 
My relpy to him below was met with his agreement and he added he could not stand Newt:

I don't like any of them. Newt and Mitt are both big government progressives posing as conservatives.
 
Sanatorium is dull as toast, has no money or ground game and although a conservatibve is also prone to seeing government as the answer to problems and not the problem itself. He has no chance in the primary but he has gotten much better on the stump and is good at pointing out many of Mitt and Newt's flaws.
 
Paul has just the right plan for our domestic spending problems, but is a disaster on foreign policy and is as anti-charismic as any candidate I've seen, also saddled with his closet of quirks and radioactive positions.
 
I liked Bachmann but it became obvious early on she had no chance.
 
Romney has had this primary locked up since before Iowa. I will support him of course, but reluctantly. Pray for a strong VP candidate.
 
Can he beat Obumble? Possibly...best chance of anyone. But a centrist will not be enough to turn us away from 100+ years of progressive drift and anti-business policies. The cold war is long over but the commies and leftists have been eating the republic by inches successfully for decades.

Derek