Romney is the one to beat because he is a centrist, is highly polished, not easily flustered, incredibly organized from the grass roots level, well funded, and comes from a political family. He has been a Repub governor of a liberal state, has a record of accomplishment, and a rather exemplary family life. The dog-on-the-car-roof story, however is bizarre, something I would more attribute to Dan Rather. i like Romney's ideas about eliminating capital gains tax. I disagree with his assumption that Islamo-terrorism is our biggest problem....I think our own spending is our biggest problem. Romney's a guy who will be the ultimate test to see if the Republican party is going to swing too far right to win. Bad economic times may produce an unpredictable election result this time. Folks may just be voting their wallets in 10 months the way I see the economy headed.