It was a good Tuesday night for Mitt Romney. He won big in Illinois. Romney's speech was not only presidential but he sounded the right themes:
1) Freedom from mindless regulations intended to occupy bureaucrats rather than fix problems, i.e. Dodd-Frank, BO-Care and the out of control EPA at war with anyone who works for a living in the US;
2) the power of the 10th amendment in our Constitution, i.e. states need to be empowered to fix our problems;
3) the private sector, not government, creates jobs;
4) gasoline prices are a direct result of anti-oil Obama administration. They've opposed any kind of drilling in the US;
5) our foreign policy is a mess because we've had a weak leader in the White House. We have a president who thinks that being popular is the same as being respected. It is not!
It was truly his best speech. I repeat that he looked like a president!
1) Freedom from mindless regulations intended to occupy bureaucrats rather than fix problems, i.e. Dodd-Frank, BO-Care and the out of control EPA at war with anyone who works for a living in the US;
2) the power of the 10th amendment in our Constitution, i.e. states need to be empowered to fix our problems;
3) the private sector, not government, creates jobs;
4) gasoline prices are a direct result of anti-oil Obama administration. They've opposed any kind of drilling in the US;
5) our foreign policy is a mess because we've had a weak leader in the White House. We have a president who thinks that being popular is the same as being respected. It is not!
It was truly his best speech. I repeat that he looked like a president!
It was an even bigger Wednesday morning because Jeb Bush endorsed Romney. Bush called on the GOP to unite and that's important too.
With all due respect to Santorum and Gingrich, and specially all of my friends who work for them, it's hard to see how Romney can be denied the GOP nomination.
I agree with Barry Casselman:
"With the results from Illinois, it has become even clearer that Mitt
Romney will now become the 2012 Republican nominee. There are quite
a few primaries yet to be held, including some from the states with the
largest number of delegates, but there is no reasonable scenario left in
which Mr. Romney will fail to receive the necessary 1144 votes on the first ballot in Tampa."
Romney will now become the 2012 Republican nominee. There are quite
a few primaries yet to be held, including some from the states with the
largest number of delegates, but there is no reasonable scenario left in
which Mr. Romney will fail to receive the necessary 1144 votes on the first ballot in Tampa."
That's the bottom line. Mitt Romney will be the 2012 GOP nominee.
I am not calling on the other candidates to withdraw. They will make that decision on their own. They will eventually have to deal with the financial reality that it will take millions of dollars to compete in places like New York, California and Texas.
I do know this: 2012 is about defeating Pres BO. Let's get that campaign started. Frankly, the sooner the better. Let's give Mitt Romney a little time to start preparing the effort that will lead to Pres BO's defeat in November.
We discussed Illinois and the status of the nomination with Barry Casselman on Wednesday night:
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