Why I endorse Gov. Mitt Romney for the Republican Nomination

There has been a lot of talk in regards to change this campaign season. Hillary wants you to vote for her because she is a female (and she’ll take us back to the Clinton Years). Obama wants you to vote for him because he will give us a glimpse of the Kennedy Camelot and he will fully realize all our deepest longings of hope, change and puppies. McCain would bring to the White House his Washington experience and his uncorrupted persona, personally battling lobbyists and tainted legislators. But I believe that only one can effectively implement change within the Beltway. That agent is Mitt Romney.

People are seeking to vote for Barack Obama because he has promised fundamental [abstract] change, yet he has never instituted change in Washington. He has been a US Senator for almost four years and has sponsored 113 pieces of legislation (according to the Library of Congress). The vast majority of the legislation he has introduced has been non-binding resolutions (read: opinion pieces). If he wants health care reformed, why not introduce the legislation? Why won’t he propose tax cuts for middle income families that he proposed in his television commercials? While the US Senate (the legislative body that he is a part of) is debating a possible stimulus package, he is out proposing a stimulus package on a campaign trail. The moment he set foot in Capitol he began running for the presidency. Sounds like a responsible legislator to me!

Mitt Romney, on the other hand, has brought about change in three spheres. The Salt Lake City Winter Olympics were floundering into a slough of despair and were destined to become a failure. Romney was able to turn the Olympics around as a proud success for our Post-9/11 nation. He had tremendous success in the private sector as a venture capitalist. He turned Massachusetts around and helped create healthcare solutions that were realistic for the economy. He has brought about real change within the public and private sectors.

Washington is broken. It is important that we elect a president who has the qualifications to be president and who has actually changed institutions. He does not merely talk about abstract ideas like hope and change; he has implemented hope and change. In this crucial election cycle we must elect someone who confronts issues with real change. Let's not elect someone based upon a cult of personality, instead casting our ballot for someone who will be the best president. Let’s send a message in this primary season. Let’s send Mitt Romney to the White House.