Why I’m Voting For Mitt Romney and You Should Too

Back in March of last year, I announced my support for Governor Mitt Romney as President of the United States. I did not come to this decision lightly. I researched the records and platforms of all that were involved at the time including Senator John McCain, Governor Jim Gilmore, Governor Mike Huckabee, Senator Sam Brownback, Congressman Tom Tancredo, Congressman Ron Paul, Congressman Duncan Hunter, Governor Tommy Thompson, Senator Fred Thompson, and Governor Romney.

Despite what many felt was a lackluster field, I found hope in Mitt Romney. His turnaround experience as CEO at Bain Capital, CEO of the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, and as Governor of Massachusetts, the most liberal state in the union, impressed me. And unlike many who felt like his conversion to the pro-life position was less than genuine, I was proud to see a man who had the conviction to reverse course and stand up for the cause of life.

I admired the fact that Mitt Romney had championed the cause of families as governor of Massachusetts. Throughout his career, he fought against gay marriage, cloning and embryo farming. He even fought to define life as beginning at conception. As a result, the Massachusetts Citizens for Life gave Governor Romney the leadership award for his efforts in the fight to protect human life.

I’ve always been a fan of lower taxes and effective managment. I was pleased to find out that in the face of a multi-billion dollar deficit, Governor Romney managed to balance the budget in Massachusetts for every single year of his term without raising taxes.

As a member of the NRA, Governor Romney fought for the Second Amendment rights of gun owners. Having spent a lifetime around guns, I considered Governor Romney’s support of the 2nd Amendment to be quite reassuring.

Unfortunately, most Republicans seem to ignore the problems that Americans are facing in healthcare. Mitt Romney is the only candidate in this race, Republican or Democrat, who has successfully introduced an effective market-driven healthcare program based on private companies, not government control.

As I watched the GOP Presidential debates throughout the course of the past year, I was continually amazed by the well-researched knowledge that Governor Romney had in foreign affairs. I believe his wisdom will keep America safe while exhausting every form of diplomacy necessary in order to avoid future conflicts abroad.

Out of the candidates left in this race, Mitt Romney is the clear viable conservative. He’s unquestionably the best candidate for President in 2008.

Other candidates:
If you’d like to know why I oppose Senator McCain, Congressman Paul, or Governor Huckabee, just click on the links provided. But for a quick note on each, I oppose McCain for a variety of reasons, but he has recently stated that he does not care about social issues. Congressman Paul has some wild votes in his career and he is unelectable. Governor Huckabee’s FairTax policy is unrealistic and he is no longer electable at this point.

A Vote for Anyone But Romney is a Vote for McCain

There’s really no way around it. If you’re a Republican and you aren’t voting for Romney on Tuesday, you’re voting for John McCain. If you’re content with John McCain, then that’s fine. I hope you don’t mind an old curmudgeon who voted against the Bush tax cuts and co-sponsored the amnesty bill last year.

To the Huckabee supporters
You won Iowa. I got it. Congratulations. But what has he done lately? Nothing. He’s behind McCain or Romney in virtually every state but Arkansas. He’s out of money, low on delegates, low on votes, and low on momentum. He’ll be a good vice President, but he should drop out now. Failure to drop out of this race will result in splitting votes with Romney which end up helping McCain. You made a great splash, Governor. But you’re young. You can always go back to Arkansas, run for Senate, clean up your record and come back again. Frankly, I hope you will.

To Ron Paul supporters
It was over before it began. You all had me scared for a while, I’ll admit. But after consistently placing at the bottom in fully contested states, I think it’s time to come up with a plan for next time. Your movement was not completely unwarranted. I can sympathize with many of your concerns. But you of all people hate McCain the most. He’s the one that is bad on taxes. He’s the one that wants the most aggressive foreign policy. So why would you vote for Ron Paul and help McCain when you could stop McCain by voting for Romney?

To those who are undecided
Vote for Romney if you call yourself conservative. He’s the most complete conservative candidate left in the race. Don’t for a candidate that doesn’t care about social issues. Don’t vote for a candidate that can’t win. Vote for Mitt Romney, the closest candidate to Ronald Reagan left in this race.