Just after the war to end all wars,
They elected 63 year old Dwight
Eisenhower in 1952 and for 8 years we got peace and prosperity.
Later when the American
public was fed up with Viet
Nam , student riots, civil rights riots, and
the capture of 58 Americans in the Iranian revolution once again we longed for
a time of peace and prosperity.
They elected 70 year old Ronald
Reagan in 1980 and for 8 years we got peace and prosperity.
As we near the 2016
presidential election once again Americans are tired of the decades long wars
in Iraq and Afghanistan , the world dependence on America , and a
tragic economic collapse and painfully long recovery.
If history repeats itself
and the latest polls indicate there is a high probability, then the American
public will elect the 70 year old Mitt Romney and will get 8 years of peace and
prosperity.
Americans long for peace
and prosperity. They long for an end to
vicious partisan bickering in our capitol.
They are fed up with the Democrats blaming the Republicans and
Republicans blaming the Democrats for everything that doesn't happen in Washington .
They long for a fair
minded, proven, successful individual who has achieved success not as a
politician but as a businessman, as a champion for non-profit causes, as a
genuine family man and someone who can actually talk to the other political
party members.
We long for someone not
beholden to the special interests and lobbyists who control Washington, our
politicians and our government. Of all
the potential candidates for 2016 only Mitt Romney meets the criteria.
He was battle tested in
the most vicious and unethical presidential campaign in history. Over a billion dollars was spent to destroy
him and his career and looking back, the American public pretty well recognizes
they made a serious mistake in electing Obama.
Mitt Romney handled the
quagmire with dignity, class and a commitment to family and religious values
not apparent in his opposition. He
handled defeat with grace recognizing that in spite of the tremendous political
mudslinging and the avalanche of money on the part of Obama, not to mention he was
the sitting president with the resources of the entire federal government at
his disposal, Romney only lost by 3.9%.
Only about 58% of the
registered voters turned out they were so fed up by politics. If 1.96% more had turned out and voted for
Romney he would have been president. But
Divine Providence surely had other things in mind like giving Obama a chance to
govern and he has pretty much squandered that opportunity.
Since Obama is persona non
grata to even Democrats who are running from association with him, he is most
likely a non-factor for the rest of his term and could be more liability than
asset to any Democrat running.
Now Hillary Clinton, the
only Democrat aspirant to the presidency, having declared the Clinton legacy right to the Oval Office, has
blocked any Democrat from even exploring the waters. In fact her recent book tour meant to pave
the way for her coronation back fired and Hillary has already lost 15% of her
favorability rating this year.
But the delusional left
continue to make hay of her power. So
let's look at the real numbers and not the rarefied raging of the left.
In the New Hampshire poll this week, that state
being one of the first major tests for presidential hopefuls, Hillary led good
old Joe, Biden that is, 59% - 14%. That
doesn't say much for Obama's sidekick and the Clinton groupies declared her the winner of
the primary, the nomination and the vote for president although we are still 2
1/2 years away.
Of course after the run of
bad luck the liberals experienced with the CHOSEN ONE Barack Obama, whose
popularity is in a freefall since he is caught in a time warp and still running
against George Bush in a presidential campaign back in 2008 rather than
governing the nation he was elected to represent, so the fickle left bank has
put their money behind Hillary.
They forget she is no more
left than her husband wild Bill whose political platform was what ever was
necessary to look like he was doing something and avoiding impeachment. His major accomplishments came out of the
Republican playbook and he, like Obama and his wife, long ago sold out to
Goldman Sachs and that dastardly gang from Wall Street.
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The really revealing data
in the poll came when Democrats were asked who they would vote for if the
primary election were held today.
In January, Clinton
brought in 73% support among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents,
according to a Washington Post/ABC News poll.
But, in Thursday's survey,
only 13% of Democratic respondents says they've definitely made up their minds
about 2016, and 77% said they're still trying to decide.
So Hillary has been on the
national scene in Democrats face since 1992, was First Lady for 8 years, U.S.
Senator, presidential candidate and then Secretary of State and only 13% of
Democrats have made up their minds about who they will support?
Polls can be interpreted
many ways but when 77% of the Democrats don't know who they want as candidate
at this late stage in her career, the mythical Clinton stranglehold on the Democrat party
seems to be fading in the mists of reality.
On the Republican side
there are a number of good candidate bunched together. But maybe the public does not think they are
ready to be president yet. Republican voters in New Hampshire have anything but a clear-cut GOP nominee in mind.
New Jersey Gov. Chris
Christie leads other potential GOP White House contenders at 19%. He's followed
by Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky
at 14% and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush at 11%. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and 2008 GOP
presidential candidate Mike Huckabee tie in the poll at 8%.
And then there is the
Romney factor. More and more voters are
starting to realize the country might have been better served by Mitt Romney
than Barack Obama. Certainly there was
no question of the vastly superior Romney experience and credentials. And the latest poll in New Hampshire shows just how
powerful the only non-candidate for president is at this time.
The poll shows that if
Mitt Romney, the 2012 GOP presidential nominee, decides to take another stab at
the Republican nomination, he would start with a big lead over the rest of the
field.
But if Mr. Romney changes
his mind and decides to run again, 39 percent of likely primary voters said
they would vote for him, with Mr. Christie and Mr. Paul tying in a distance
second with 7 percent.
Not only does Romney offer
all the strengths Obama lacked like leadership, the ability to work with
Democrats when he was governor of Democrat controlled Massachusetts , a real religious foundation,
a strong family life, but he is a genuinely nice person, something rare in
politics today.
I sense a mighty movement
to draft Romney and elect him as the next Eisenhower/Reagan peacemaker who will
restore prestige to the office of president, will return class to politics and
regain faith in our foreign affairs from the rest of the disheartened world.
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