Perry is plummeting in my view - I figured he made a mistake when he signed a bill granting university tuition discounts to ILLEGAL ALIENS and was willing to cut him some slack on that, but now he DEFENDS it,
and has come out in opposition to a border fence and AZ-style immigration laws.
Romney is, well, Romney. He's not really a conservative, I think there's plenty of RINO under the skin.
Bachmann is generally agreeable, but she really needs to get some fact-checkers and handlers on her staff - she's making too many
avoidable mistakes.
I generally liked him in the Senate, but Santorum carries an air of desperation with him that fails to inspire me.
Gingrich is well-learned, well-spoken, but has made some inexcusable blunders (such as his comments about the Ryan plan) that make me wonder about him.
Cain is a smart guy that has a lot going for him, but he doesn't seem to be getting any traction.
Ron Paul was my congressman for a while and I voted for him – in fact I’d STILL vote for him for Congress, but after seeing him say 9/11 was “blowback” for US policy, I don’t want him anywhere near the Oval Office.
With what he's said before, Jon Hunter is running in the wrong party’s primary.
ANY ONE of these would be a big improvement over Obama, but if I had to make a choice
today, I’d vote for Bachmann, with Cain a strong runner-up. The rest, in order
today and subject to change in the future, would be Gingrich, Romney/Perry (tie), Santorum, Hunter, and Paul.