Tuesday, December 11, 2007

National Review Jumps On The Romney Bandwagon

In a very important development for the Mitt Romney campaign, the bible of conservatism, National Review magazine has endorsed Mr. Romney for the presidency http://nationalreview.com.
It is very important because it is the publication that conservatives go to. The best and the brightest conservatives are there as well as the Weekly Standard. Sometimes, the two publications meet. Writers often write for both publications.
In the endorsement, National Review calls Mr. Romney the most viable conservative candidate. It also gives Mr. Romney the credit he deserves for moving to the pro-life position and for maintaining traditional marriage. It is much harder for people to move from a liberal to conservative position on abortion and traditional marriage. And, that means it is harder to go the other way. Easy to be loved by the DDBMSM and the usual suspects, but then totally cheapened politically.
This is important and shows that while there is, possibly, a Huckabee "surge" it may be artificial and media driven. People really paying attention are looking at the big picture, not purity. Nobody should be looking for that, but to bring someone along on critical issues like life and traditional marriage and for good measure border enforcement, shows that it is the ideas that matter. We have to put a face, personality and temperament, and National Review knows that is Mitt Romney, Republican nominee for president and, God willing, the next president of the United States.

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