The Case for Romney
Leveling The Playing Field Regarding the GOP race, this is no time to count any chickens before they’ve hatched. As has been pointed out, at this time in the last election, John McCain was only polling 3%. There are still at least a couple of very possible strong, late entries, missteps and key endorsements to be made, debates to be won and lost, and domestic and international events to unfold. The debate this week saw the boxing gloves put aside for now, and niceties from and for all except Barack Obama. But warning shots like “Obamneycare” had already been fired, and the truce will no doubt be only temporary. Nonetheless, polls last week showed Romney leading the GOP pack, and the only one beating Obama in a head-to-head contest. Of course part of that is due to name recognition from the last election, and the dilution of votes among the wide and lesser-known field of candidates. But the post-debate polls show Romney at 33% of GOP likely voters, and Bachmann at 19%, with the re