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Now that the GOP Institution and the media have weeded out all of the good candidates, here's who's left.

In other news, I'm working with the president of the Utah League of Independent Voters to start a College Independents group on campus, and sometime soon he's trying to organize a press conference because independents are now the largest voting group in the state of Utah and just hit over 1,000,000 voters. Bam.

So, who's your pick? I'm really interested in which way you're all leaning.

Issue	Newt Gingrich	Jon Huntsman	Ron Paul	Rick Perry	Mitt Romney	Rick Santorum
Abortion	Pro-life	Pro-life	Pro-Life	Pro-Life	Pro-Life	Pro-Life
Budget & Economy	Lower tax rates	Simple flat tax	Eliminate unnecessary spending	Cut, Balance & Grow	Cutting taxes fosters economic growth	Cut $5 trillion in 5 years
Foreign Policy	Supports international assistance, military presence	Loosen trade regulations, reduce international involvement	End all foreign aid, fear hurts liberty	Only allies receive foreign aid, clear strategies for war	Free trade markets, troops removed based on threat level	U.S. must confront enemies
Energy	Remove legal restraints and bureaucracies, allow drilling in U.S.	Eliminate subsidies, use American resources	Eliminate federal regulations & taxes	Use domestic resources, no changes needed based on climate change science	Streamline drilling permits, encourage partnerships with nearby countries	Remove regulations, allow domestic drilling
Health Care	Repeal Obamacare, reform Medicare, provide tax credits & deductions	Let states experiment with health care	Repeal Obamacare, provide tax credits & deductions	Repeal Obamacare, raise age for benefits, turn over to the states	Repeal Obamacare, enforce the 10th Amendment	Repeal Obamacare, allow HSA accounts, Medicaid funding through block grants
Immigration	Variation of amnesty, guest worker program	Supports in-state tuition for children, border fence	Eliminate benefits, secure the border, no amnesty	More border agents, in-state tuition for illegal immigrant children	No amnesty, border fence, more visas for advanced degrees	Supports border fence, no in-state tuition or benefits
Gay Marriage	Constitutional amendment, supports DOMA	Supports civil unions for same-sex couples	Marriage is a state issue	Supports constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage	Opposes same-sex marriage, constitutional amendment	Support constitutional amendment, opposes same-sex marriage
Social Security	Personal retirement account	Supports several plans, increase retirement age	Allow younger workers to opt out, gradually eliminate	Allow younger workers to open personal retirement accounts	Social Security works, but should be fixed	Reform social security, allow younger workers to open personal retirement accounts