Real conservatives don’t have a good candidate Re: “Conservatives should think twice about Newt, Part II,” Editorial, Dec. 18 The Washington Examiner’s series on why conservatives should not vote for Newt Gingrich displays your assumption that his support is coming from the more conservative-minded part of the Republican Party. But most of us who vote on conservative principles, both social and economic, don’t have a good candidate before us. Maybe I’ll write in Joe Arpaio again this year.

We have five flawed individuals running for the nomination, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. It is up to each of us free-thinking and hopefully well-informed individuals to weigh the pluses and minuses and vote for the best option available.