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Last Republican Standing Must Develop Better Policies

Mitt Romney is the Republican front runner.

Unfortunately for conservatives, the Republican nominee for President of the United States may finally be settled; it’s unfortunate because it is very unlikely any of the remaining candidates is explicit, enchanting or adept enough to challenge President Barack Obama this upcoming November.

As of last week, Governor Mitt Romney bested his closest challenger, Senator Rick Santorum, who suspended his own campaign citing family reasons. By obligation, conservatives now must be aligned in support of Romney, their primary GOP option, but the faith of Republicans may become strained as it is reserved for an individual who is obviously not the best man for the job.

The Grand Old Party, or “Republicans” for those not familiar with the “GOP” moniker, has had its proverbial hands full with the roster of nominee potentials slugging it out in debates and stinging media ads over the last year or so.

While Gov. Romney does not actually stand alone right now amidst the settling dust cloud of Santorum’s less-than-stellar political barnstorm, Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich hardly resemble worthy contenders for the nomination. Still, most Republican voters might argue this has been the case for nearly the entirety of length of the GOP race thus far.

According to Real Clear Politics as of April 6, the GOP popular vote for Paul and Gingich is a combined Republican National Committee (RNC) official delegate count of 158, 26 and 132 delegates respectively.

Romney on the other hand, tops the list with 573. These delegate counts consist of the results from 36 or so primary elections of states and other authorized districts that have already concluded. There are 20 more to be held, with the “official” GOP nominee designated after accumulating 1,144 delegates.

Provided an epic collapse does not occur (i.e. Herman Cain), Romney will be the guy to lead the Party towards the White House. But is he really “the guy?”

How can his brand of “free market” economics, which most consider not conservative enough for even most right-wingers, match with the capitalistic resume of President Obama? The president has already shown us his penchant for befriending big businesses, whether it is in the form of bank or auto bailouts or even tax stimulus packages for new commerce. Romney favors free markets, which thrive on the failure of businesses in favor of new market opportunities, but is that the best thing for a recovering post-recession economy?

Romney still conveniently conceals his almost intimate relationship with universal health care. The Affordable Care Act proposal of the Obama Administration for all Americans, which Republicans outwardly condemn and ridicule, is laughably similar to a byproduct of Romney’s tenure at the helm of the State of Massachusetts, where he created his own brand of state-mandated “universal” health care.

Romney also has a routine of putting his political “foot” in his mouth, provided in examples of his failed attempt to gain the support of the National Rifle Association in his 2008 bid for the GOP nomination by deceptively portraying himself as a hunter, though he has said he is not a big-game hunter, and resurrecting that approach this time around in vocally opposing the Obama Administration’s new gun control regulations as a potential violation of the Second Amendment. Bear in mind Romney signed legislation in 2004 to permanently restrict the use of semi-automatic weapons.

Americans are open for change, and this country is probably one of the most manic populations when it comes to touting the “next big thing.” But Romney is not. At best, his brand of politics is a reserved sibling to the rock star notion of Obama.

A wealthier, more wishy-washy, pro-war, less blue-collar connected, less socially concerned, less approachable GOP candidate for president would have been better. Again, how very unfortunate for Republicans.

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