Monday, February 4, 2008

Redbleed endorses...

Celebrities, pundits of the airwaves and the political heavyweights are all lining up behind one candidate or another. Oprah Winfrey and Ted Kennedy have endorsed Senator Barack Obama. Chuck Norris is backing Governor Mike Huckabee. Senator John McCain has the support of Rudy Giuliani and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Governor Mitt Romney has almost all of conservative talk radio and National Review. Bill Clinton has endorsed himself. Senator Hillary Clinton has the backing of her husband and the whole Clinton political machine.

But there are still a number of undecided voters out there. So I’m here to help. I know thousands hundreds tens ones people have been waiting to see where redbleed will throw its support.

So here it is:

Redbleed endorses Mitt Romney for the Republican nomination for President of the United States.

Governor Romney is frankly an impressive guy. In a Republican field full of flawed candidates the upsides of Mitt Romney outweigh the negatives. That is more than I can say about Senator McCain, Governor Huckabee and Representative Paul.

Gov. Romney’s record of success in private business, not-for-profit and the government sector demonstrates the potential of the man. If we were selecting a Commander-in-Chief only then Sen. McCain would be the guy. But we’re not. The president has to be the Chief Executive as well as the Commander-in-Chief. It is those skills as an executive that make Gov. Romney the most attractive candidate.

As the markets of the world continue to globalize we’ll need someone with Gov. Romney’s immense talents to guide this nation in the atmosphere of emerging markets of Southeast Asia and India, a rising China, a strengthened European Union and the challenge of connecting to the potential of Africa and South America.

We’ll need someone with Gov. Romney’s background to tackle a bloated and ineffective bureaucracy and to make the hard business decisions from a conservative viewpoint on how best to scale back the worst excesses of government.

After 7 years of constant wailing about George W. Bush and ‘competence’ that is one knock that cannot be pinned on Gov. Romney. The man oozes competence. If he makes it to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. he may be the smartest man to hold the office. This is a man who can get a briefing on a subject one week and the next week give a better brief back to the briefer.

The ability to take in the information, process the data and produce executive decisions is exactly what is needed in these times of exponential change.

Gov. Romney is a supporter of the war in Iraq and the broader Global War on Terror and radical Islamic extremists. I also think Gov. Romney would perform wonderfully in terms of foreign diplomacy and statesmanship.

Gov. Romney stands head and shoulders above the rest on economic issues. He has a full understanding of market forces and pressures from both private and governmental sector viewpoints.

Gov. Romney falls on the side of life on abortion and stem cell research and the side to traditional values on same-sex marriage. Although a recent convert some social and life issues his views were tempered by the fire of direct contact with them as governor of Massachusetts. Much the same way Ronald Reagan formed his views as governor of California.

There are many laudable aspects of Sen. McCain, his military service and sacrifice for his country foremost among them. And if Sen. McCain wins the Republican presidential nomination he will have my full support. But until that time Mitt Romney is my choice for President of the United States.

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