Don't get me wrong, as I do think Paul has SOME good ideas on fiscal issues - and some social issues, but his views on foreign policy, legalization of drugs, abortion and other things are just too out there for me.  I also like Santorum but I do not think he has what it takes to beat Obama and that should be the first consideration of anyone voting in the GOP primary, in my opinion.

Seriously, why vote for someone if you do not think he/she has a chance on beating Obama and getting elected in November?  Why waste your vote.  Alot of Americans did that very thing in 92 and voted for Perot, even though he had the same chance on getting elected as Paul.  So - if I'm looking at which of the two (Romney or Gingrich) do I think has a chance on beating Obama, then I need to look at the major issues:  Economy, Foreign Policy, Obamacare - and Honesty.

What will happen when the GOP candidate is facing Obama in the debates or on the news bites when it comes to these 3 policies.  Economy is going to be a top issue due to the number of people unemployed, the number of businesses sending jobs overseas, the amount of inflation we have (and we have alot of inflation right now folks!), the tax proposals that the president will embrace, interest rates, rate of printing money, etc...   If we look at Romney's history as governor, we see (in my opinion) too many tax increases while he was there and we look at his own history of investing overseas in businesses himself (again in my opinion).   Yes - he knows HOW to make money as a business - but I don't see that he is a conservative leader in that regard - as the way he does it is by investing in alot of overseas companies.   If we look at Gingrich, it appears that his voting record - and especially as the speaker of the house was to reduce taxes that resulted in increased spending in the economy as well as increased number of jobs.  I like that approach.  It worked for Reagan and if both of the Bush's had stayed the course with it - we would not have had Clinton and we would have had a much better 2008 & 2009.    While Obama's record is dismal when it comes to the economy and his spend spend spend approach & the unsurmountable debt it causes will have to be faced by my 3 grandchildren (ages 9 months, 3 years and 7 years), I have to think that Gingrich has a better chance on beating Obama than Romney on this issue.

With foreign policy, I think Romney lacks the experience in this regard that Gingrich has and since we're facing North Korea, Iran, Somalia, China and a resurge in Russian power in the middle east, I definitely lean towards Gingrich in this area.

Obamacare is one that is constantly on my mind as that one has impacted every one of my clients, my business and my own income more than foreign policy, unemployment,  interest rates, etc...  Santorum brought up an excellent point in last Friday's debate that I had not thought about previously.   Obama touted the Mass. Healthcare System when he promoted Obamacare back in 2009.  Obama used Romney's advisors to develop the plan.  Romney touted the idea that federalizing his state's system would benefit the country.   This means that when it comes to the debates prior to November, all Obama has to do is point at Romney and say "you were behind it, you helped develop it, your people helped me draft it - so now the only reason you say you don't like it is so that you can be elected".   I think Romney is terrible on this issue - so again I have to go with Gingrich who has been very vocally fighting Obamacare since the beginning.

Honesty:  If we look at the advertisements that are endorsed by each of the two men - we see some dishonesty.   Romney is running ads saying that Gingrich was fined by the Ethics committee - yet when you look back at the reports - he wasn't.  Romney ads say that the ethics charges against Romney forced him to resign in disgrace, yet the timing of when Gingrich left Congress doesn't jive with that as Gingrich had already been cleared of any wrongdoing by the Ethics board and said the charges brought against Gingrich was not supported in any way and the judge said the same thing.    It appears that Romney is saying that someone being accused of something is tantamount to them being guilty and I don't like him lying to me as a voter.    

I would, I think, prefer Jan Brewer or Sarah Palin or even Chris Christie as my first choice as the GOP candidate and I'm glad Rick dropped out (but I wish he would do his job on our border instead of waiting on the feds or Obama to do it), but I think I'm in favor of Gingrich for the GOP candidate this year.

If you agree, disagree or have an opinion - feel free to post it in the comments.