The leadership qualities of each of these candidates is mediocre at best. Ron Paul is not a friend of Israel or Jew's in general. His feelings towards the Jewish genocide in WWII are well known. Rick Santorum is a Christian conservative, whose views towards women are antiquated and often shocking. Mitt Romney is bland. Also, Mormon culture is seriously lacking in progressive attitudes. Despite that, Romney is the most liberal, of this bunch. His fiscal policies, though, make the most sense, and he at least has a record of success in liberal Massachusetts. One would hope, with the population in the US, that a more vibrant candidate could be found.

...official Israel can't say so.

Only Ron Paul is chance for Israel, other candidates / puppets/ will only speed up the way to wars of aggression.... and when its over, people of 4 courners will finaly enjoy Jerusalem as foretold. Meaning "Spiritual Jerusalem" with knowledge of Jahve.

I agree that Ron is not very much better than Obama. But at least he has no friends like Rev. Write, Khalidi, or even worse.

It's good that the libertarian for the aristocrat let them eat cakes was outvoted a great relief especially remembering the success of nazism in Germany that desired an empire and land at least the land of the USA. and like Ron Paul anything for oil.i

Perhaps we should draft Michael Bloomberg.

No shining figure to truly stir the masses, but we'll take what's on the plate in the name of ABO. The populace is exhausted and spooked with the mess & mediocrity of the last few years.......worn out. We've had all the "persona" and "charisma" we can honestly handle. We yearn for pragmatic efficiency and competency in the political sphere. Count on the thought of 4 more years of this wretched routine to prompt the citizenry to bring the Obama years to a dead halt. 2012 will be as "reactionary" against Obama & the Dems as 2008 was against Bush and the Republican Party.

Romney refuses to release his income tax returns. Obama was the first U.S. President in history to hide his tax returns from the public, and now Romney is doing the same. That is a red flag, at least to me. Regarding Iran, Romney said he would use "blockade, bombardment and surgical military strikes." But I wonder under what conditions. On "Meet the Press" Jan. 1, Santorum said that if Iran did not let inspectors in and dismantle their nuclear facilities, the U.S. would bomb them under his watch. I don't understand what #2 means when he writes that Santorum's views toward women are "antiquated and often shocking."

He won't unseat Obama with a performance as ugly as tonights was. They lost a precinct tonight...couldn't find it. I wouldn't be surprised if a little vote shifting happened with Carl Rove running this operation for the Republican Party Machine. Carl Rove and the PACS that attacked Newt Gingrich...... are telling us who the candidate is going to be. Is this an election.....or a coronation of Carl Roves buddy Romney. It's starting to really smell. Kind of like Russia's elections. Romney might be related to Putin...you never know.

The media continues to be hostile to Paul because he tells the cold hard truth.