Paul is leading in many Iowa Caucus polls. There is a better than fifty-percent chance he takes Iowa.
I believe it will come down to Paul, Romney, Gingrich or Santorum. They are the only ones that have a prayer at Iowa.
In regards to Huntsman, allow me to preface my comments with this. I have been a Democrat most of my life. But I have always been a logical Democrat. You never saw me carrying the torch for the party, being overly bias and partisan or constantly attacking Republicans. I believe the Democrats, Republicans and Libertarians have great ideas and all sides need to hang up their partisan goggles and exchange them for logical, intelligent and common sense compromise and progress.
Over the past ten years, I have moved over to the Libertarian Party. I grew tired of the constant bickering and extreme partisan and bias rhetoric.
I will give anyone a chance regarding politics. I keep a very open mind. I have voted in ten presidential elections. Four have been Democrats, four were Libertarians/Independents and two Republicans. I am one of the least partisan person you will find in politics. I call it as I see it and both hold accountable and praise the Democrats and Republicans.
That said, there were only three Republicans I would have voted for; Paul, Huntsman and Cain.
Now that Mr. Cain has dropped out, and Huntsman has decided to run as a Libertarian, Mr. Paul is the only GOP candidate I would consider. I could never pull the lever for Perry, Bachmann or Romney. All three would be either a lateral or backward move from our current president. If Ron Paul wins the GOP ticket (and there is no way he would), I would give him a serious look.
Now that Mr. Huntsman is running as a Libertarian, he has a good chance at winning the nomination. The current Libertarian field is weak, and I see no other candidate challenging him. If Mr. Huntsman is the Libertarian candidate, I will likewise give him some serious thought.
I will say I still have hope for Obama. While I did not vote for him in 08 (I voted for Barr), I have been pulling for him and wishing success. He has not been awful, but he hardly has turned heads either. I give him a solid "C."
There is still time for him to turn matters around. If he approves the pipeline and the unemployment rate drops to five or six percent, he may get my vote. A lot can happen between now and election time.
What I will not do is vote for Obama if the unemployment rate remains around where it currently is. Obama, so far, has been an average president. Right now, in these tough times, we do not need average. We need great. And unless Mr. Obama proves to me he can rise to greatness, I will be looking at either Paul or Huntsman.
). I am a younger voter so this will only be my 2nd Presidential election (and 3rd overall), but at this point I am not sure if I will even vote this time around. If I do, it will likely be more because of the Congressional candidates than the Presidential ones. I am not sure any of the candidates on the stage (maybe, just maybe Paul or Huntsman could be an exception), especially the ones who are likely to win the nomination, will actually do much good. It will come down more to who will do the least bad.
