I predict, Romney is going to be the nominee.
Not just because of these polls. He is the strongest candidate. He is not as socially liberal as Rudy and he is not as far to the right as say, Hunter. Therefore, he can draw in both conservatives and independents.
He was a Governor, not a Senator. A big plus when running for POTUS.
He was extremely successful in the business world and he has a history of being a successful executive. Another big plus when running for “Chief” executive.
He is an excellent speaker and should do very well in the Presidential debates.
That’s my take.
“I predict, Romney is going to be the nominee. Not just because of these polls. He is the strongest candidate. He is not as socially liberal as Rudy and he is not as far to the right as say, Hunter. Therefore, he can draw in both conservatives and independents.”
Yes. A key factor is that Rudy is TOO LIBERAL. Many right-wingers have been lumping together the “Rudy McRomney”, but in fact there are number of issues, especially social issues, where Romney is more conservative and Rudy is more liberal. Two key ones:
- Romney is for the Federal Marriage Amendment, Rudy is against it;
- and Romney, still married to his high school sweetheart at 62 and with kids and grandkids that are helping him in his campaign, will be a sharper contrast with Hillary than Rudy’s messy personal life, ugly previous divorce, on wife #3 and estranged children etc.
- Romney has lined up to nominate the right kind of Judges; Rudy says so as well, but he flubbed it when he said it was okay if those same judges didnt overturn Roe v Wade.
Romney will be more reliable and predictable in putting forward conservative judges, as has GWB.
- the other issue is immigration
“He was a Governor, not a Senator. A big plus when running for POTUS.”
- yes, the last Mass Governor who was president was Coolidge, not a bad precedent.
- Rudy as Mayor to president? QUite a leap.
“He was extremely successful in the business world and he has a history of being a successful executive. Another big plus when running for “Chief” executive.
He is an excellent speaker and should do very well in the Presidential debates.”
I would add one more. Best campaign, most well organized with fewest gaffes. McCain and Thompson have had shakeups. Rudy has had embarrassments with staffers. Romney otoh has set goals and met them.
Romney at 35% in Iowa should be a wakeup call. We need to start calling Romney a frontrunner.