FINALLY!!! Mitt Romney has finally locked up the Republican nomination. Sure Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul are still "officially" in the race, but lets be real-- this is finally a one man show. Well, more like two men, now that Barack Obama knows for sure who his challenger in the general election will be. This is absolutely the best news that has happened to Romney his entire campaign, and honestly something that should have happened a long time ago. Romney has always been the "safe" candidate, the one voters were OK with electing but not one that generated any sort of enthusiasm. Want proof? When was the last time you saw a "Romney 2012" bumper sticker? My first time was last week and it was on the back of a minivan with a huge "BYU" magnet and a cartoon family sticker that had 10 family members on it. Obviously, they were pumped about Mitt. Too bad for Mitt that the rest of the electorate doesn't wear magic underwear to bed.
Even before this campaign started, I never liked Santorum. I always felt he was a "holier-than-thou" demagogue who campaigned on social issues to get votes, while simultaneously screwing over the very people that elected him on economic issues. But you have to give credit where credit is due: Santorum ran a hell of a campaign. He was pronounced dead on arrival until the very last week before the Iowa caucuses, when his campaign peaked at exactly the right time. He faced many setbacks, such as when Romney won Florida and Newt Gingrich won South Carolina, but he still was able to persevere and seemed to make a real connection with rural and working-class voters in multiple states. His willingness to campaign the old-school way-- going from town to town and speaking to voters at small rally's showed that while technology can be a great tool for expanding a campaign, nothing can replace going out and speaking to voters face to face.
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-Rick Santorum Suspends Campaign Video
Even before this campaign started, I never liked Santorum. I always felt he was a "holier-than-thou" demagogue who campaigned on social issues to get votes, while simultaneously screwing over the very people that elected him on economic issues. But you have to give credit where credit is due: Santorum ran a hell of a campaign. He was pronounced dead on arrival until the very last week before the Iowa caucuses, when his campaign peaked at exactly the right time. He faced many setbacks, such as when Romney won Florida and Newt Gingrich won South Carolina, but he still was able to persevere and seemed to make a real connection with rural and working-class voters in multiple states. His willingness to campaign the old-school way-- going from town to town and speaking to voters at small rally's showed that while technology can be a great tool for expanding a campaign, nothing can replace going out and speaking to voters face to face.
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-Rick Santorum Suspends Campaign Video
To be honest I think Romney and Santorum have very similar practices and thoughts about what they would like to do if they were President. I actually think neither Republican has what the people want. A big factor in today's society is education and unemployment and niether talk about what they will specifically do to address those problems. I am going to stick with Obama.
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