This is Romney’s year to shine
This February, however, Romney is well-positioned to emerge as the leader of the party and the Republican front-runner in 2012. First, money is no obstacle. Romney can self-finance, but he is also a fundraising machine. He eagerly campaigned for McCain, raising record amounts for his White House run, a gesture for which he earned political capital within the Republican Party and should expect repayment at some point. He is also currently donating money through his political action committee to House Republicans who opposed the stimulus package, and he is campaigning for Republicans around the country, including James Tedisco, who is running for the former congressional seat of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and Virginia Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, who is running for reelection.
Although the 2012 presidential campaign will not begin in earnest for another two years, Romney has several other factors working in his favor. He currently holds no elected office, so in a time when Republicans are rediscovering their voice, Romney does not have to worry about the compromises and horse trading that accompany public office. Instead, he can speak with the voice of a true conservative and hold accountable members of the Republican Party who defect.
He is especially well-poised to speak with authority given that the economy is, and will continue to be for some time, the foremost issue for Americans. Unlike McCain, who never sounded comfortable discussing the intricacies of the economic collapse, Romney is regarded as an expert on financial matters, given his private-sector experience. If the economy is still lagging in a few years, Obama — and Obama alone — will own the recession, and Romney will be well-positioned to convince Americans that he is the man for the job.
Let’s hope The One turns into The One Hit Wonder and Romney can come along in 2012 to clean up the mess.
Because he is a Mormon. That’s certainly all I heard about out here–and Mike Huckabee did an awful lot of disingenuous damage to Romney.
Well, hopefully Mitt will still want to go to work every day, four years from now, when we REALLY need him….
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Oh, and McCain was the only one who could beat Hillary! Remember the media loved the Maverick back then?
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you’re underestimating both the post turtle’s, and the MSM’s, ability to pin this economic collapse on bush. this is exactly what happened in the 30s, and FDR managed to get elected not once, but FOUR times, all the while blaming hoover for every bad with the country. the worse things get, the more you’re going to hear about what bush did wrong.
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Partly, we can thank the new darling of the RINOS, Gov. Charlie Crist, you know, the guy that wants Fla to be like Calif, wants to be a senator. That way he can help screw up a whole country instead of just one state. Just what we need, another RINO in the senate!
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I just keep sending emails to the White House, every time he does some major speech somewhere with some major spin, that just say “We are not nearly as stupid as you think we are”.
I just like doing that.
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