Romney is being disliked because I, and many other conservatives see him as a fairly liberal dude who has no convictions. It is pretty hard for most people, in their adult life, to change opinions as much as Romney has. This year, grassroots Republicans wanted a real conservative- and there is no real candidate. Ron Paul maybe- but his FP scares a lot of people. No one knew who Jon Huntsman was, I don't blame the voters- he did a horrible job of getting his message out. Huntsman on paper is Romney- Mormon, a governor, white, and rich. His policies are better, but he never really played to his strengths in any contest and kept fighting the specter of Romney. Gingrich is a great debater, charismatic, and did the Contract with America. I personally like the guy, but I think his negatives may be too hard to overcome in the general election, so I will probably vote for Romney.

Americans who live overseas have to re-register to vote each year by the end of January. I did it today, and I registered Republican for the first time since 1996 so I could vote for Ron Paul in the Louisiana primary. I then took a LONG HOT shower.

I mentioned it on Twitter and a couple people asked me who I've voted for in the past for President, so I thought I'd answer it here. I attained legal voting age in 1987.

1988 - Bush
1992 - Perot
1996 - Dole
2000 - Bush II (most disgraceful vote of my life)
2004 - Abstained out of pure fucking disgust
2008 - Paul

Gingrich is awful, and it's a sad testament to Romney's ineptitude that Gingrich could still be considered a serious candidate.

Obama's a shoe-in, fellas. Might as well get used to the idea now (unless the GOP pulls its head out of its ass and runs Paul against Obama).

1) Romney made his money the least popular way possible (trial lawyers might have him beat).
2) He has the personality of a dirty dish rag.

I will never, ever, ever vote for Newt to do anything. I wouldn't allow him to be the assistant manager of a Dunkin Donuts I owned. Atrocious. Way to go fundies, way to go.

The sheer stupidity of the American electorate never ceases to amaze me. Gingrich represents everything that was wrong with the bush years. In fact, almost everything that the tea party said they disliked about the Bush administration Gingrich supported. Yet they vote for him in droves. On top of that, they weren't all that bothered by the fact that Romney is a flip-flopper or that he created the precursor to Obamacare. What really got them riled up was that Romney was a successful capitalist. Now they will be further incensed that he minimized his tax burden. I'm embarrassed to be associated with these clowns.

Newt's racism is hilarious. He doesn't even attempt to hide his disdain for minorities. Jon Stewart does a masterful job (as always) of taking the asshat apart:

Romney is not a good candidate. I personally like the guy and respect his enormous success, but it's a shame that he appears to have no principles on which to stand and I don't think he actually wants to attack Iran but he doesn't have the fortitude to stand up to his neocon PNAC adviors.

Fact is he never caught on because he is not a conservative and doesn't inspire people. Seriously, how are his policies different than Bush? Background = / = policies btw.

Right now I have Obama with a 92% chance of winning reelection, Paul with 5%, Romney 3%, Newt 0%.

Newt is such a piece of shit. I will vote for Ron Paul if that scumbag gets the nomination. Mother fuck. 4 more years off Obama the ass clown. God damnit.

Romney's national security advisers are TERRIFYING. Nevermind his record, I wouldn't vote for him just based on that.

Newt will be 100% compliant. Romney is likely seen as more independent due to his wealth. Despite doing everything he can to seek their approval, he is considered a greater risk than Gingrich.

Either way, the last thing we need is either one of them as the Commander in Chief.

except bush II 2000, this was my exact voting record down to the very abstention in 2004.

Romney will crush Obama in the GE. This is a guy who has a history of success (Bain, Olympics) and was able to win the governorship of a blue state. While this might not carry weight with conservatives, Romney clearly speaks to moderates including myself who cringe at the Tea Party / Evangelical wing of the party.

I honestly trust Romney with our country. I think he won't get us into any crazy foreign entanglements. I think he would be good for business. I think he is perhaps the first president who would truly understand the global financial markets, (and be able to talk man to man with Big Ben).

The most unique thing about Mitt is that everybody who has ever worked for him sings his praises. He's always been the best. I want the best running our country.

It'll be harder for him to win the primary than the GE. he liberal base is disenchanted and Obama is not doing anything to shore up moderates.

Romney is the most qualified man for the job but it is likely he won't make it there. there are just too many retards within voting population... to this day, I am horrified by the stupidity of many American voters when George Bush was elected as our president twice.

He went to HBS FFS!!!

Plenty of people who ostensibly "understand" the markets will disagree with other people who also "understand" the markets. Would you want Soros as president, since he seems to understand the markets so well? George and Ben could have really cool chats about how great QE14 is going, it would be real swell.

i'm voting Camacho '12

fuck yeah

Why did he hate Ron so much?

Literally the entire top half and left side is devoted to taking down Newt. I love Drudge, he has actually done a good job promoting Paul also.

I think he meant Ronald Raygun, not Ron Paul. Drudge is a closet Paul fan, if you ask me.

Somebody needs to hit the reset button on the Republican Party. Bush II-McCain-Romney/Gingrich is just a brutal run. Ron Paul was the party's only shot.

Watched only the highlights last night. Sounded like Romney murdered Gingrich...

and somehow ron paul is the one who is considered crazy.

He didn't go to stanford

OMG SO PRESTIGIOUS

I'm voting for Romney so he can stop inflation through the golden plates standard.