[Kozak]

"Then why in Heavens name is Mitt Romney the top Republican candidate?"

Because it's his turn. Thats how the GOP picks it's candidate. It was Pappa Bush's turn, it was Bob Dole's turn and last time it was McCain's turn.

[blackbart.223]

"Because it's his turn. Thats how the GOP picks it's candidate. It was Pappa Bush's turn, it was Bob Dole's turn and last time it was McCain's turn."

And that is the problem.

[Oceander]

"Because it's his turn. Thats how the GOP picks it's candidate. It was Pappa Bush's turn, it was Bob Dole's turn and last time it was McCain's turn."

No disrespect is meant to you personally, so please don't take offense, but I have to say that that is a really s*itty reason for doing anything - that is the sort of idiocy that unions engage in, and socialists - it's not the sort of thing that a party that is ostensibly based on the premise of merit should be engaging in.

We can all see just how devastated our public schools and manufacturers have become, in significant part because of the union-required seniority rules, which is just a polite way of saying "it's your turn," so why on Earth would a free-market, meritocratic political organization want to flirt with that sort of self-destructive behaviour?