A poll came out today reporting that Romney is beating Obama among registered voters, 49% to 46%.
Woo-hoo!
And Romney has astounding fundraising capabilities. Last May 16th, Romney raised 10 million bucks- just in that single day! Plus I’m sure he’s got a few tens of millions of dollars of his own money stashed away that he’ll use on the campaign. He’s going to need all that money to compete with Obama, who has the ability to squeeze money out of Unions and Hollywood stars, and maybe some terrorists. I think Obama said he wants to spend a BILLION dollars on his re-election campaign. It's sort of sad, but the reality is that you need a ka-billion-trillion-willion bucks to run for President these days.
Wow! I really really think Mitt Romney is going to be the next President! Isn’t that exciting?! I’ve been following Mitt Romney for years now. He’s just an incredible man. His personal life is above reproach. He has such a beautiful family and a moral soul and a solid work ethic and a patriotic spirit. He is a leader if I’ve ever seen one.
I’m nearly positive that I’ll vote for him in the primary election and in the general.
But… Mitt Romney is not my ideal candidate. There are a few things that bother me about him. Here are three of them.
1] RomneyCare
I wrote a little before about RomneyCare. There are major important differences between RomneyCare and ObamaCare. The former was supported by the people, the later was forced down the throats of the people. RomneyCare was state-wide; ObamaCare is country-wide. RomneyCare was done at a time when the state government had a surplus; ObamaCare was done when the national government had major budgetary problems. These differences are important and I think that the whole RomenyCare vs. ObamaCare debate needs to be more complex than "RomneyCare is just Diet ObamCare!" One of my conservative heros, Mark Steyn, writes about RomneyCare brilliantly here.
2] Global Warming
Mitt Romney recently said he believes in man-made global warming and he thinks that government ought to incentive the public to reduce their carbon emissions. I've written profusely about how I feel about global warming, but one of my more entertaining posts about the subject can be found by clicking on the words right now that you are reading because these words lead you to a new magical place on the Internet.
3] Ethanol subsidies.
Romney recently said he likes ethanol subsidies. (Gosh, the amount of links in this post is really getting profuse. I only provide them to let you know that I've done research into the things I write about. I'm not clueless about the opinions I hold. The truth is, I think I'm right about 90 % of the time when it comes to politics. I'm willing to debate anybody who wants to debate politics.) My opinion is, we ought not subsidize any energy. Let the free market work, you know?I really hope that Romney is acting more moderate so he can get elected, and then once he's in office, he'll get more conservative.
Those things aside, Romney is looking really hot right now. My three concerns - RomneyCare, global warming, and energy subsidies - will hurt Romney in the primary election, but in the general election, those three things might actually get him more votes from independents and Democrats.
I think I actually like Michelle Bachmann or Herman Cain more than Mitt Romney. But I just don't think their chances are as good. They don't have as much money or name-recognition or support from the political machine.
Sincerely,
Telemoonfa
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