Reply #2: I think Romney will eventually come out on top. In a scandal-plagued time [View All]

for the GOP, he appears energetic, attractive and squeaky-clean, and that will be his main advantage. Rudy, Thompson, McCain, Brownback, Huckabee--all have "ick" factors, either due to personal issues or religious extremism. Romney's worst fault is flip-flopping and Mormonism, but the Mormon thing gets less important as the GOP becomes more disgraced, and the flip-flopping is forgiveable, since ALL of the GOP candidates have some measure of it in their backgrounds--hell, Thompson used to lobby for abortion rights. McCain's a massive panderbear, Rudy can't keep his abortion and immigration views straight from day to day, and Huckleberry used to LOVE illegal immigrants until the xenophobic wing reared its ugly head this spring--changed HIS tune in a hurry. They're all a mess, really, but Romney is overall their strongest candidate--not beloved, but a ruthless, slick, organized fighter. That's what wins.