On April 10, 2012, Rick Santorum announced that he was withdrawing from the GOP race for President. It came as a surprise to many people who had expected him to try and gain momentum on April 24th with the primary in Pennsylvania. But due to finances and family concerns, he withdrew. This left Mitt Romney as all the more the presumptive nominee, although Newt Gingrich vowed to stay in the race in order to try and deny Romney the nomination. Ron Paul also announced his intent to remain in the race.
This set up a one on one for Newt as the last conservative alternative to Romney and Gingrich focused most of his attention on Deleware thinking that he had the best chance of winning an upset there of the five states having primaries that day, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Deleware, New York and Pennsylvania.
In addition, it set up a significant test for Romney. Would the GOP consolidate behind him? Would he win significant victories in all five states, despite the other two candidates in the race, and despite the fact that Santorum remained on the ballots? Would there be a GOP protest vote?
All of these questions, including Newt's potential for an upset were answered fairly early in the evening. Mitt Romney won all five states decisively. He won Connecticut with 69% of the vote, Deleware with 57%, New York with 62%, Pennsylvania with 58% and Rhode Island with 64%. The closest competitors were Newt in Deleware with 27%...or 30% behind Romney, and Ron Paul in Rhode Island with 24%...or 40% behind. Romney is slated to win virtually all of the 203 delegates available.
In the overall race to date, Romney now leads in popular vote with almost 5.2 million votes right and 42%. Santorum (though out of the race) is still second with 3.35 million votes and 27%. Gingrich is third with 2.4 million votes and 19%, and Ron Paul is fourth with 1.3 million votes and 10.6%. But, although Romney has only won 42% of the popular vote, this has translated into a whopping 65% of the total delegates awarded to date. Santorum follows with 20%, Gingrich with 10% and Paul with 5%. Short of an unbelievable major gaff, or tragedy of some sort, Romney will clinch the nomination in late May or early June.
In my opinion, this tough primary season has strengthen all of the candidates, and particularly Mitt Romney. It has also kept the GOP message at the top of the news cycle, preparing for the fight with Obama.
Here's the GOP Tracking results as of Tuesday, April 24, 2012:
| 2012 GOP Primaries | Mitt Romney | Newt Gingrich | Rick Santorum | Ron Paul | Ron Huntsman | Rick Perry | Michele Bachman | Herman Cain | Totals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| State | Date | Votes | % | Del's | Win | Votes | % | Del's | Win | Votes | % | Del's | Win | Votes | % | Del's | Win | Votes | % | Del's | Votes | % | Del's | Votes | % | Del's | Votes | % | Del's | Votes | Del's | |
| Iowa | 1/3/2012 | 29,805 | 24.58% | 7 | - | 16,163 | 13.33% | 2 | - | 29,839 | 24.61% | 8 | 1 | 26,036 | 21.47% | 7 | - | 739 | 0.61% | 0 | 12,557 | 10.36% | 0 | 6,046 | 4.99% | 0 | 58 | 0.05% | 0 | 121,243 | 23 | |
| New Hamp | 1/10/2012 | 97,591 | 39.74% | 8 | 1 | 23,421 | 9.54% | 0 | - | 23,432 | 9.54% | 0 | - | 56,872 | 23.16% | 3 | - | 41,964 | 17.04% | 2 | 1,764 | 0.72% | 0 | 350 | 0.14% | 0 | 160 | 0.07% | 0 | 245,554 | 12 | |
| South Caro | 1/21/2012 | 167,297 | 27.82% | 2 | - | 243,172 | 40.43% | 23 | 1 | 102,061 | 16.97% | 0 | - | 78,362 | 13.03% | 0 | - | 1,173 | 0.19% | 0 | 2,534 | 0.42% | 0 | 491 | 0.08% | 0 | 6,326 | 1.05% | 0 | 601,416 | 25 | |
| Florida | 1/31/2012 | 775,014 | 46.45% | 50 | 2 | 533,177 | 31.95% | 0 | - | 223,799 | 13.35% | 0 | - | 117,104 | 7.02% | 0 | - | 6,199 | 0.37% | 0 | 6,773 | 0.41% | 0 | 3,967 | 0.24% | 0 | 3,492 | 0.21% | 0 | 1,668,525 | 50 | |
| Nevada | 2/4/2012 | 16,486 | 50.12% | 14 | 3 | 6,956 | 21.15% | 6 | - | 3,277 | 9.96% | 3 | - | 6,175 | 18.77% | 5 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 32,894 | 28 | |
| Main | 2,373 | 38.45% | 11 | 4 | 405 | 6.56% | 0 | - | 1,136 | 18.41% | 3 | - | 2,258 | 36.58% | 9 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 6,172 | 19 | ||
| Colorado | 2/7/2012 | 23,012 | 34.96% | 13 | - | 8,445 | 12.83% | 2 | - | 26,614 | 40.43% | 17 | 2 | 7,759 | 11.79% | 1 | - | 46 | 0.07% | 0 | 52 | 0.08% | 0 | 27 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 65,955 | 36 | |
| Minnesota | 8,096 | 16.97% | 2 | - | 5,134 | 10.76% | 2 | - | 21,436 | 44.94% | 25 | 3 | 13,030 | 27.32% | 9 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 47,696 | 40 | ||
| Missouri | 63,826 | 26.24% | 0 | - | 9,859 | 4.05% | 0 | - | 138,957 | 57.12% | 0 | 4 | 30,641 | 12.59% | 0 | - | 1,045 | 0.42% | 0 | 2,463 | 0.98% | 0 | 1,690 | 0.67% | 0 | 2,314 | 0.92% | 0 | 250,795 | 0 | ||
| Arizona | 2/28/2012 | 216,805 | 47.99% | 29 | 5 | 74,110 | 16.40% | 0 | - | 122,088 | 27.03% | 0 | - | 38,753 | 8.58% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 1,871 | 0.41% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 453,627 | 29 | |
| Michigan | 409,899 | 42.34% | 16 | 6 | 65,016 | 6.72% | 0 | - | 377,521 | 38.99% | 14 | - | 115,712 | 11.95% | 0 | - | 1,726 | 0.18% | 0 | 1,906 | 0.20% | 0 | 1,762 | 0.18% | 0 | 1,241 | 0.13% | 0 | 974,783 | 30 | ||
| Washington | 3/3/2012 | 19,111 | 37.65% | 25 | 7 | 5,221 | 10.28% | 0 | - | 12,089 | 23.81% | 7 | - | 12,594 | 24.81% | 8 | - | 924 | 1.82% | 0 | 437 | 0.86% | 0 | 198 | 0.39% | 0 | 190 | 0.37% | 0 | 50,764 | 43 | |
| Wyoming | 822 | 38.99% | 233 | 8 | 165 | 7.83% | 1 | - | 673 | 31.93% | 3 | - | 439 | 20.83% | 3 | - | 3 | 0.14% | 0 | 2 | 0.09% | 0 | 2 | 0.09% | 0 | 2 | 0.09% | 0 | 2,108 | 29 | ||
| Alaska | 3/6/2012 | 4,285 | 32.52% | 8 | 9 | 1,856 | 14.09% | 2 | - | 3,860 | 29.30% | 8 | - | 3,175 | 24.10% | 6 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 13,176 | 27 | |
| Georgia | S | 233,297 | 26.12% | 21 | - | 424,976 | 47.57% | 52 | 2 | 176,080 | 19.71% | 3 | - | 58,982 | 6.60% | 0 | - | 1,812 | 0.20% | 0 | 1,694 | 0.19% | 0 | 1,712 | 0.19% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 898,553 | 76 | |
| Idaho | u | 27,514 | 61.61% | 32 | 10 | 940 | 2.11% | 0 | - | 8,115 | 18.17% | 0 | - | 8,086 | 18.11% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 44,655 | 32 | |
| Massachusetts | p | 265,110 | 73.36% | 41 | 11 | 16,990 | 4.70% | 0 | - | 44,255 | 12.25% | 0 | - | 35,037 | 9.70% | 0 | - | 2,248 | 0.61% | 0 | 1,024 | 0.28% | 0 | 913 | 0.25% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 365,577 | 41 | |
| N. Dakota | e | 2,691 | 23.71% | 7 | - | 961 | 8.48% | 2 | - | 4,510 | 39.74% | 11 | 5 | 3,186 | 28.07% | 8 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 11,349 | 28 | |
| Ohio | r | 456,513 | 37.94% | 40 | 12 | 175,554 | 14.59% | 0 | - | 446,225 | 37.08% | 21 | - | 111,238 | 9.24% | 4 | - | 6,428 | 0.53% | 0 | 7,445 | 0.62% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 1,203,403 | 66 | |
| Oklahoma | 80,291 | 28.34% | 14 | - | 78,686 | 27.77% | 13 | - | 96,759 | 34.15% | 14 | 6 | 27,572 | 9.73% | 0 | - | 749 | 0.26% | 0 | 1,290 | 0.45% | 0 | 951 | 0.33% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 286,298 | 43 | ||
| Tennessee | T | 154,911 | 28.59% | 19 | - | 132,072 | 24.38% | 9 | - | 205,012 | 37.84% | 29 | 7 | 49,782 | 9.21% | 2 | - | 1,230 | 0.22% | 0 | 1,953 | 0.36% | 0 | 1,874 | 0.34% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 546,853 | 55 | |
| Vermont | u | 23,965 | 40.84% | 9 | 13 | 4,944 | 8.42% | 0 | - | 13,401 | 24.39% | 4 | - | 14,407 | 24.55% | 4 | - | 1,210 | 2.00% | 0 | 543 | 0.90% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 60,438 | 17 | |
| Virginia | e | 158,053 | 59.52% | 43 | 14 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 107,480 | 40.48% | 3 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 265,533 | 49 | |
| Guam | 3/10/2012 | 215 | 100% | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 215 | 9 | |
| N. Mariana Is | 738 | 87.03% | 9 | 16 | 29 | 3.42% | 0 | - | 27 | 3.18% | 0 | - | 54 | 6.37% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 848 | 9 | ||
| Virgin Is | 132 | 46.32% | 7 | 17 | 18 | 6.32% | 0 | - | 23 | 8.07% | 0 | - | 112 | 39.30% | 1 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 848 | 9 | ||
| Kansas | 6,250 | 21.11% | 7 | - | 4,298 | 14.52% | 0 | - | 15,290 | 51.65% | 33 | 8 | 3,767 | 12.72% | 0 | - | 38 | 0.13% | 0 | 37 | 0.12% | 0 | 16 | 0.05% | 0 | 39 | 0.13% | 0 | 29,735 | 40 | ||
| Alabama | 3/13/2012 | 180,250 | 29.65% | 12 | - | 182,197 | 29.79% | 13 | - | 214,545 | 35.29% | 22 | 9 | 30,892 | 5.08% | 0 | - | 1,044 | 0.17% | 0 | 1,866 | 0.30% | 0 | 1,695 | 0.28% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 612,489 | 50 | |
| Am. Somoa | 57 | 81.43% | 9 | 18 | 2 | 2.86% | 12 | - | 6 | 8.57% | 0 | - | 5 | 7.14% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 70 | 9 | ||
| Hawaii | 4,250 | 45.38% | 12 | 19 | 1,034 | 11.04% | 0 | - | 2,369 | 25.30% | 5 | - | 1,712 | 18.28% | 3 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 9,365 | 20 | ||
| Mississippi | 88,715 | 30.93% | 13 | - | 90,409 | 31.52% | 12 | - | 94,981 | 33.11% | 13 | 10 | 12,749 | 4.44% | 0 | - | 409 | 0.14% | 0 | 1,337 | 0.46% | 0 | 954 | 0.33% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 289,554 | 40 | ||
| Missouri Cauc | 3/17/2012 | 1,623 | 26,16% | 7 | - | 460 | 7.42% | 0 | - | 3,397 | 54.96% | 12 | - | 723 | 11.66% | 4 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 6,203 | 52 | |
| Puerto Rico | 3/18/2024 | 93,375 | 88.01% | 12 | 23 | 2,431 | 2.17% | 0 | - | 9,524 | 8.52% | 0 | - | 1,452 | 1.30% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 111,782 | 23 | |
| Illinois | 3/20/2012 | 433,700 | 46.87% | 45 | 21 | 73,993 | 8.00% | 0 | - | 325,488 | 35.18% | 12 | - | 86,605 | 9.36% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 5,541 | 0.60% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 925,327 | 69 | |
| Louisiana | 3/24/2012 | 49,749 | 27.04% | 12 | - | 29,655 | 16.12% | 0 | - | 91,205 | 49.63% | 26 | 11 | 11,460 | 6.23% | 0 | - | 242 | 0.13% | 0 | 955 | 0.52% | 0 | 622 | 0.34% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 183,988 | 46 | |
| DC | 4/3/2012 | 3,122 | 70.22% | 18 | 22 | 477 | 10.73% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 535 | 12.03% | 0 | - | 312 | 7.02% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 4,446 | 19 | |
| Maryland | 117,527 | 49.43% | 37 | 23 | 26,088 | 10.97% | 0 | - | 69,020 | 29.03% | 0 | - | 22,698 | 9.55% | 0 | - | 1,393 | 0.59% | 0 | 1,037 | 0.44% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 237,763 | 37 | ||
| Wisconsin | 346,279 | 44.40% | 33 | 24 | 45,944 | 5.98% | 0 | - | 288,648 | 37.01% | 9 | - | 87,896 | 11.27% | 0 | - | 5,133 | 0.66% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 6,054 | 0.78% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 779,9545 | 42 | ||
| Conn | 4/24/2012 | 39,787 | 68.79% | 28 | 25 | 6,058 | 10.47% | 0 | - | 4,050 | 7.00% | 0 | - | 7,946 | 13.74% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 57,841 | 28 | |
| Deleware | 16,143 | 56.46% | 17 | 26 | 7,741 | 27.07% | 0 | - | 1,690 | 5.91% | 0 | - | 3,017 | 10.55% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 28,591 | 17 | ||
| New York | 95,838 | 62.44% | 92 | 27 | , | 19,841 | 12.93% | 1 | - | 13,749 | 8.96% | 0 | - | 24,054 | 15.67% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 153,482 | 95 | |
| Pennsylvania | 463960 | 58.01% | 69 | 28 | 84,781 | 10.48% | 0 | - | 146,723 | 18.34% | 0 | - | 105,340 | 13.17% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 799,804 | 72 | ||
| Rhode Il. | 9,157 | 63.95% | 15 | 29 | 878 | 6.13% | 0 | - | 823 | 5.75% | 0 | - | 3,462 | 24.18% | 4 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 14,320 | 28 | ||
| Indiana | 5/8/2012 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 46 | |
| N. Carolina | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 55 | ||
| West Virginia | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 31 | ||
| Nebraska | 5/15/2012 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 36 | |
| Oregon | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 45 | ||
| Arkansas | 5/22/2012 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
| Kentucky | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 45 | ||
| Texas | 5/29/2012 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 152 | |
| California | 6/5/2012 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 177 | |
| Montana | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 26 | ||
| New Jersey | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 50 | ||
| New Mexico | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 28 | ||
| South Dakota | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 40 | ||
| Utah | 6/26/2012 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 40 | |
| Comm. @ lrg | 49 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 5,192,634 | 41.66% | 957 | 29 | 2,403,558 | 19.28% | 142 | 2 | 3,363,765 | 26.95% | 302 | 11 | 1,329,178 | 10.66% | 78 | 0 | 76,067 | 0.61% | 2 | 55,081 | 0.44% | 0 | 29,324 | 0.24% | 0 | 13,822 | 0.11% | 0 | 12,463,429 | 1481 | ||
| % Av. Award | Delegates | Romney | 64.62% | Gingrich | 9.59% | Santorum | 20.39% | Paul | 5.27% | Huntsman | 0.14% | Total % of delegates available: | 64.76% | 2,287 | ||||||||||||||||||
Romney delivered what I considered to be his best speech of the year as the networks announced his projected victories in all five states. IMHO, it was a better speech than any that John McCain delivered in his entire 2008 campaign four years ago, and struck the exact chord needed to defeat Obama, calling him dead to rights on his record and directly addressing Obama's attempts to date to use class warfare, racial division, gender division, scare tactics and smears as his tools...turning them around with clear descriptions of the impact the Obama administration and its decisions have had on all of these areas and people.
I will support whichever candidate wins the GOP nomination against the abject marxist ideolog, Obama, and at this point this appears almost certainly to be Mitt Romney. See Why I will support Mitt Romney if he wins the GOP nomination.
Simply put, four more years of Obama's horrific leadership and fundamental change could easily put this nation in a economic, debt, foreign policy, and energy hole we will have a very difficult and very painful time of digging our way out of. And then only at the cost of decades of heavy burden placed on our children and grandchildren to reverse the trends and mechanisms Obama is putting in place.
Obama's continued actions indicate the abject need for him to be replaced. He has been caught off-mic indicating to the Russian President if they will just wait until the election is over and he wins, that he will be at that point much more flexible with nuclear weapons agreements and missile defense agreements than he can be now. He also has spoken improperly to the Supreme Court, attempting to influence their vote as they consider the constitutionality of his Health Care program, indicating he would consider it Judicial Activism if they took the "unprecedented" action of over-turning his Health Care program which barely passed congress in 2010. What is unprecednted is a sitting president speaking this way to try and directly influence the Supreme Court while they are considering the constitutionality of his own program. He is abusing his executive power to try and influence a seperate branch of government, provided with constitutional oversight, to vote a particular way. In addition, his personal involvement in the Treyvon-Zimmerman case in Florida, again, shows him interfering in an ongoing, undecided legal matter, trying to influence it a particular way when a young man was killed, but where there is some strong evidence that the young black man was attacking and beating the latino who killed him. Such cases must be decided through the legal process, and not through public opinion influenced by the press or the President. These are the acts of an individual wholly unprepared and unsuited for leadership at this level.
Once again, if you are so inclined, please let others know about this GOP Primary Tracker page.
America is at the Crossroads of History
(http://www.jeffhead.com/crossroads.htm)
Jeff Head
April 24, 2012