As I predicted last week, Fred Thompson dropped out of the race. Not that this required any sense of genius or tremendous insight, rather it was merely observation and assumption of facts.

So, who am I left to vote for on February 5th? No one of any value, but definitely people of tremendous consequence.

The clear front-runner, with 59 delegates, is Mitt Romney. Mitt is the former governor of Massachusetts and a recent convert to conservatism. The best thing that Romney has going for him is his looks and his track record of a very stable family life. What concerns me is that Romney was pro-gun control and is only recently for the Second Amendment, he was pro-choice and is only recently pro-life, he was for federal funding of stem-cell research before he was against it, was for gay marriage before he was against it, and has flipped on several other issues as well. Some of these issues are meaningless to me, some are very serious. But, unless Romney can convince me that he's a true believer in conservatism, I just can't trust him to be anything but yet another politician willing to say whatever it takes to get elected.

Holding second place is Mike Huckabee with 40 delegates. Huckabee has a tremendous stance on the Second Amendment that is well-documented. However, Huckabee is a recent convert to conservative issues as well. As governor, he did nothing to stem the tide of illegal immigration, yet claims he is tough on immigration. He raised taxes at nearly every opportunity placed in front of him, yet claims he is a fiscal conservative. You'll have to pardon me, but the last governor from Arkansas that promised he was conservative didn't come close to fitting that description.

In third place, with 36 delegates is John McCain. McCain is the media darling. He's the maverick. Here you have a man who claims he is a conservative. In reviewing McCain's record, he claims he is tough on national security. While he is a steadfast supporter of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, he is horrible on issues such as illegal immigration. Here you have a "conservative" that voted for amnesty and voted against enforcing current immigration laws. He also gave us McCain-Feingold, which trampled all over the First Amendment. Moreover, McCain has a record of voting against lawful Americans exercising their Second Amendment rights. I have a tough time finding the conservative McCain, but an effortless search shows me the liberal McCain.

In fourth place, with four delegates, is Ron Paul. Paul is a second-time around Congressman from Texas. Paul is an honest guy and his voting record proves it. At first, the instinct is to support Paul since he's the obvious conservative. However, in all the time that Paul has served in Congress, he's never once shown an ounce of leadership. His name is not attached to any legislation of any significance. Paul says a lot of the right things on issues. Then, Paul continues to talk and says a lot of wrong things on issues - things that are tremendously bad and dangerous for this country and for Americans as a whole. Paul wants to return us to the gold standard and doesn't seem to grasp the severe consequences of turning a trillion-dollar economy into a billion-dollar economy. Paul wants to bring the troops home - from everywhere - and greatly reduce the size of the military. In the debates, Paul performs poorly and demonstrates he is a whiner. His supporters are convinced that there's a vast right wing conspiracy to keep Paul out of debates, of which I've yet to see a televised GOP debate that does not include Paul, further lending credibility to the notion that Paul and many of his followers are conspiracy theorists.

Finally, there's Rudy Giuliani with a whopping one delegate. Giuliani says he is tough on terror and crime and is a fiscal conservative. He proved that quite nicely when he was mayor of New York City. On other important issues that matter, he's nothing more than a New York City liberal. He has a long, proven history of being actively against the Second Amendment. He's personally against abortion but is pro-choice and supports partial-birth abortion. He's against doing anything about enforcing illegal immigration. He claims to be tough on issues that matter to conservatives, but fails miserably when his record is checked. What's worse, Giuliani has quite clearly told America's Heartland that if we're not from a big city or big state, our opinion doesn't matter. This was demonstrated by the fact that he's ignored Iowa, New Hampshire, Wyoming, Nevada, South Carolina and Michigan.

I haven't yet decided if I will sit out the primary on February 5th. The thought of passing up a chance to vote is repugnant to me. I take my right to vote very seriously - I've not missed a chance to vote since I first registered at 18. At the same time, I suppose my right to vote includes a right to not vote. After all, there's nobody that I can get behind and support.