The Enemy of my Enemy...

My daughter asked me the day after our Primary why we had voted for Romney.  It was in the tone of why did we vote for him and he lost.

I can understand her confusion.  Santorum is more conservative than Romney.  Hands down.

But I've been torn for months over who to vote for and headlines the day before had just sealed it for me.

It seems Santorum has realized he cannot defeat Romney.  Romney already leads 2-to-1 over Santorum, his closest challenger.  Newt is out and doesn't even know it.  But, Santorum is openly stating his strategy is no longer to "win" but to deny Romney the "win"... keep Romney from getting this magic number of delegates to cinch the nomination.  Seems his plan is get to the convention and try to convince everyone that, even though he couldn't win enough popular votes to get the nomination himself, that it should just be given to him.

I have a problem with that.

My first opportunity to vote was during the Baxley/Graddic debacle.  I voted for Graddic.  Graddic won the nomination for Governor.  I don't remember if Baxley sued or just had the Democrat leadership give him the nomination, but it was taken from Graddic.  I, along with enough other folks, voted for Hunt in that following election and he won.  That Graddic vote was the first, last and only vote I have ever given a Democrat candidate.  If you get the most X, whatever x is, you should win.  26 years and I still remember how mad I was over my vote not counting.

Again, I've already said Santorum, for all his faults, IS more conservative than Romney.  But trying to steal during the convention what you couldn't outright win during the primaries is just plain wrong.  If the magic number isn't reached, then he who has the most X should win.

Did I "settle" in voting for Romney.  A little.  He's done and said a lot of things in his public life that were wrong headed and just plain political.  But, he's a politician.  Reality is that politics is SO dirty only the fickle get in.

But, he's saying the right things now.  And that's about all you can ever hope to get out of a politician.  Agreement today.  Because they will change tomorrow.

Romney is moderate. Yes he is.  He was defeated in 2008 by another moderate.  Yes he was.

But, there is something that he has going for him now that he didn't have then.

Three plus years of an Obama presidency.

The base WILL support whoever our candidate is.  Yes we will.  Yes you will.  If Romney can reach these mythical "undecided" "independents", then great.

ANYBODY BUT OBAMA.  Period.