Yesterday marked another key moment for the GOP hopefuls for 2012. Mitt Romney, widely considered to be the frontrunner for the GOP, announced that he was running for president. Romney is a more charismatic figure than Pawlenty and a more down to earth politician than Palin or Bachmann. The only thing that could possibly hold Romney back from the nomination would be the health care system he initiated during his time as governor of Massachusetts, which is even more far reaching than Obamacare. Romney is even campaigning against Obama’s healthcare overhaul, so if anyone cares to look a little deeper under Romney’s skin, they’ll find a few discrepancies.
But that’s not the point. Romney is a far better choice for the nomination than anyone else running. He’s the high water mark of the GOP’s race for the White House. He has the common sense that the rest of the GOP hopefuls lack. But his character assassinations of Obama will come back to bite him. If he keeps pushing, Obama’s going to push back hard. And that will unravel the Romney campaign. The only thing that’s really keeping that ball rolling is the public’s willingness to turn a blind eye towards Romney’s history of chronic flip-flopping.
Other news of the day: former congressional Minority Whip Eric Cantor, a Republican from Virginia, announced that the United States government has an obligation to help the people of Joplin (and elsewhere) where tornados have ravished their homes. His only stipulation was that the government would have to make cuts elsewhere before sending aid. Cantor essentially continued playing partisan politics while the victims of natural disasters keep suffering.
Also in the news is John Edwards, the former senator from North Carolina as well as Kerry’s vice presidential candidate in 2004 and was a candidate in his own respect for the 2008 election. Edwards was indicted by a federal grand jury over the massive sums of money he spent to hide his affair with his mistress during his run in 2008. Edwards is a low rent scumbag, a two-timing fiend who cheated on his cancer stricken wife. He deserves what’s coming to him.
That’s all the news for today. It’s always an interesting day in America, especially with an election looming ahead of us.
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