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Even the dumbest and densest amongst us can sometimes have a true epiphany.  Case in point, the person formally known as an idiot below (look closely).

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Happy New Year!  I hope it's a great one for all you conservatives out their. I hope it's a miserable failure for the random liberal that trolls this site on occasion.

Now, on to the big election in Iowa and my thoughts on each candidate in the race:

Mitt Romney - He may not have the strongest conservative credentials of the bunch, but he's a solid debater, has great business experience and knows how to campaign. He's not my dream candidate, but I wouldn't hold my nose voting for him either. When compared to Obama, he'd be the Second Coming.

Ron Paul - I apologize to any Ron Paul fans, but this guy is a disaster waiting to happen. While I love some of his economic positions, his overall foreign policy is indefensible. Any GOP presidential candidate that is OK with Iran having a nuke, is not acceptable in my opinion. While the Obama  team would like to face Gingrich in general election, they would LOVE to face Paul.

Newt Gingrich - Best debater of the bunch. Big ideas - some good, some hokey - but he's always thinking. The problem Newt has is his electability and the ease with which the media and the Obama campaign (one in the same) could eviscerate him in the general election. He's also taken his share of questionable positions for someone who claims to be a true conservative, but I think he'd govern further right than some pundits believe.

Rick Santorum - Solid values conservative, but he lost his last election by 20 points. That scares me. He's charging hard in Iowa and may become the conservative alternative to Romney if he finshes in the top 3. My other concern is that he spent his political career in the House and Senate and has not run an organization. That being said, he's right on the issues.

Rick Perry - Horrendous debate performances crippled his campaign early, but he seems to be making a small comeback. I wouldn't be surprised if he performs better than expected in Iowa this week and that could vault him back into the mix. My concern about Perry is that if he won the nomination, he would be stripped bare in the debates with Obama. Afterall, he wasn't just bad in some of the Republican debates, he was awful.

Michele Bachmann - Full disclosure, I'm not a fan of Michele Bachmann. It has nothing to do with her policies, but her delivery and approach. It's like nails on a chalk board to me. I'd certainly vote for her if she were the nominee, but I don't think she could beat Obama head-to-head. I'm hoping she'll exit stage right after she finishes last in Iowa.

John Huntsman - Although he's not on the ballot in Iowa, I thought I'd comment anyway since he could have a reasonably strong showing in NH two days after Iowa. This guy received some of the worst political advice in memory. He came out positioning himself as a mushy moderate, but may actually have one of the most conservataive records of any of the candidates. The Wall Street Journal called his economic policy the most conservative of the bunch and I believe he is the only GOP candidate to fully back the Paul Ryan budget. He's taken a few positions I don't like, but generally speaking, he'd be a very acceptable nominee when compared to the alternative.

Final Analysis - I'd find any of these candidates acceptable (with the exception of Paul), but I believe that Romney is the best positioned candidate to beat Obama based on his attributes. He's not the perfect candidate based on my conseravtive principals, but I think he is the most electable at this time and that is my primary concern. We simply can't absorb four more years of Obama's socialist policies and we need to ensure that we nominate a candidate with the best possilble chance of beating him.

All of that said, where is Paul Ryan when we need him?

In case anyone is still out there, I want to apologize for our going off-line for a few days. I had changed emails and didn't get the update that my Website registration had run out. I showed up earlier this week and my site was gone. To make matters worse, I forgot who I used to register FL Pundit.

Long story short, after some behind the scenes investigation, we're finally back in business. I guess this episode makes me the Website Registration version of the Obama administration.

I hope to be posting more articles over the holidays. Merry Christmas to all!

I wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a very happy Thanksgiving. Though we're currently led by anti-American Socialist who believes the Occupy Wall Street movement represents mainstream America, I have believe better days lie ahead. If for no other reason than this disaster is one day closer to serving out his term.

As you think about what you're thankful for today, please remember the men and women who are still fighting for our freedom.