Showing posts with label Obama. Show all posts
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Friday, January 20, 2012

Why I Don't Want to Support Mitt Romney

Despite being registered as such, I don't like to refer to myself as a Republican, I'm much more representative of a Conservative.  Hence the title, I'm not the biggest of fans of Republican candidate Mitt Romney.  Since the field is down to just four candidates now, as opposed to seven just a couple weeks ago, the anti-Romney vote (The majority of true Conservatives) is now being
split between just two people, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum.  Romney appeals to the more moderate voters, and the fact that his poll numbers have hovered around 20-25% during the majority of the campaign shows that Conservatives are tentative to give him a shot, electing instead to exhaust all of the other possibilities.  Yesterday, one time (Although very brief) frontrunner Rick Perry dropped out of the race.  With him being a strong Conservative, his votes will most likely go in the direction of Newt Gingrich who has been surging after his undeniably impressive debate performances this week, or Rick Santorum, as they share similar values.  However, as long as Gingrich and Santorum are both fighting for that demographic, and Ron Paul remains in his own little world, Romney will remain the frontrunner.  This alone is why Rick Santorum, my favorite candidate, needs to drop out of the race.