Friday, January 6, 2012

Question of the Week #5: Potential GOP candidate?


   I think that at this point in the race, it's looking pretty good that Mitt Romney will win the nomination for the GOP candidate for the 2012 presidential election. Although there has been some recent speculation that Rick Santorum might have possibly won the Iowa caucus due to miscounting, I feel like Romney's lead (and win) is justified, even if only by eight votes. Santorum might have more political experience (serving in both the House and Senate), but Romney certainly has more experience with presidential campaigning tactics. In addition, he has WAY more resources that Santorum, meaning that he's able to set up strong campaigns in each major state (New Hampshire and South Carolina), and Romney's organizational skills coupled with his money beat Santorum's pennies and grassroots tactics any day. Santorum is also way too conservative to appeal to a wide array of voters, whereas Romney, although wishy-washy on policy, can gain support from a much larger group of people.

   And then Paul is really the only other potential threat, but that's never going to happen.

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