GOPpers' Debate

I didn't watch last night's debate. The first, and so far only, thing I've read is Sully's review. The key for him is also a deciding factor for me:

The final clarifier for me was, yes, torture...

Some issues really are paramount moral ones. Two candidates opposed it clearly and honorably: McCain and Paul. All the others gleefully supported it - including Brownback. He's a born-again Christian for torture. Giuliani revealed himself as someone we already know. He would have no qualms in exercising executive power brutally, no scruples or restraints. Romney would double the size and scope of Gitmo, to ensure that none of the detainees have lawyers, regardless of their innocence or guilt. That is in itself a disqualification for the presidency of the United States. A man who has open contempt for the most basic rules of Western justice has no business being president.

So that leaves McCain and Paul. I've already tossed McCain off my map. I had no expectation of voting for one of the Goppers but this pretty well puts it to bed.