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Sobriety, wisdom and judgment.
Those are qualities Mitt Romney said he looks for in a leader. Those are qualities Romney himself has demonstrated in his career in business, public service and government. Those qualities help the former Massachusetts governor stand out as the most qualified Republican candidate competing in the Iowa caucuses.
Sobriety: While other candidates have pandered to extremes with attacks on the courts and sermons on Christian values, Romney has pointedly refrained from reckless rhetoric and moralizing. He may be accused of being too cautious, but choosing words carefully is a skill essential for anyone who could be sitting in the White House and reacting to world events.
Wisdom: Romney obviously is very smart. He graduated as valedictorian at Brigham Young University and finished in the top 5 percent in his MBA class at Harvard, where he also earned a law degree. Romney also exhibits the wisdom of a man who listened and learned from his father and his mother, from his church and from his own trials and errors in life. He does not lack self confidence, but he is not afraid to admit when he has been wrong.
Judgment: Romney disagrees with Democrats on most issues, but he offers smart and well-reasoned alternatives rather than simply proposing to swing a wrecking ball in Washington. He is a serious student of public policy who examines the data before making a decision. His detailed policy paper on the economy contains 87 pages of carefully crafted positions on taxes, energy, trade and regulatory policy, complete with 127 footnotes.
Gingrich is slipping and Romney is starting to grab a few of the points. If Romney somehow wins Iowa, that would be a really unanticipated win for him and could halt momentum from other candidates.
I read about the endorsement in a Foxnews article. I personally think it looks bad for a newspaper to endorse a candidate. It not only gives the newspaper an excuse to be bias but hurt their credibility to the public. I think Romney also got an endorsement from the Washington Examiner last week.
The GOP doesn't consider Ron Paul to even be in the party, so you can bet none of their peeps are gonna endorse him. That does not mean he's a bad candidate. He's actually a very, very strong candidate. He's just not their candidate.
The powers that be within the GOP see this as a two horse race at this point: Newt and Mitt. With the history and enemies that Newt has, you would have to be completely insane to run him against Obama. The machines behind the GOP are just trying to make that very clear to the Republican voters.
So which Mitt "Flip Flop" Romney are they endorsing? There are two men trapped in the same body.
The liberal, self-described "progressive", pro-stimulus, pro-choice, pro-gun control, pro-ObamaCare Romney, or the conservative businessman, anti-stimulus, pro-life, pro-NRA, anti-RomneyCare Romney?
You simply cannot expect sanity from either political party at this point. The most electable and consistent candidate that might, at long last, do something different to try to turn this country around is Ron Paul. Scandal free private life and insanely consistent voting record.
But if it needed to be a more mainstream Republican, the next best candidate was John Huntsman. Great success as a governor, excellent grasp of domestic and international issues and he's consistent on the issues that matter.
The GOP just flat-out ignored him.
The Republicans were stupid. They went all in for "I R isn't not smart too much" Rick Perry. You think Romney is a flip-flopper? Perry started his political career as a Democrat. That's a much bigger flip-flop if you ask me.
Then they went all in for Herman "can't seem to keep it in my pants" Cain. Good summary for the Herman Cain fad: "I have absolutely no idea how to be President ... but I promise that I'll try to figure it out when I get there."
Now they're pushing hard for Newt "even my scandals have scandals" Gingrich. Here's where Newt is completely screwed: "Man it's depressing to have a wife with cancer. Man I need to de-stress. I know what I need! I'm going to go screw some other chick! That'll fix everything!" Heartless bastard does't even begin to cover it.
To say that the Repubs have been kinda stupid on whose bandwagon they jump on is a colossal understatement. Since it's against the Party's bylaws to support Ron Paul, at this point Mitt Romney is by far the best choice left.
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