As a rabid, unapologetic, right-wing Reagan conservative, a good deal of my friends (most of whom are also conservatives; surprise, surprise!) ask me why I have chosen Romney as my candidate of choice.  Most who know me best might suspect it is because of my Mormon faith, but it isn’t.
   
     First, look at the candidates’ records:  that is usually one of the best ways to gauge how they’ll govern in office.  Romney has an unparalleled record of excellence as an executive business manager, which is what the presidency essentially is -- CEO of USA, Inc.  He has turned around many a struggling company into a star-performing organization while heading up Bain Capital in Boston.  His turnaround performance at the Salt Lake Winter Olympics for 2002 – a mind-numbingly complex operation that was about to go asunder due to a management team in over their heads in the wake of accusations of corruption and graft after winning the bid in 1994 – was the stuff of managerial legend.  If there’s one candidate who knows how to get the job done and get it done right, it’s Romney.
    
    Some folks cite that he was not entirely kosher as a social conservative, but by that very token, he was governor of Massachusetts, the bluest of the blue states.  One thing that I particularly like is that he actually reduced the size of the Massachusetts state government while in office.  Even if that means simply laying off government employees, thus shrinking the state payroll, when is the last time you have witnesses a governor – or a president, for that matter – reduce anything in government?  If anyone knows how to run government like a business – which, need I remind everyone, is the way government should be run – it’s Romney.

        Those are just some things from his past record.  But to be successful as a candidate, one must look at the present and to the future.  One of the most important things to look for in a candidate is temperament, for that is how they’ll govern once in office, too.  The antics of John McCain during recent debates have demonstrated that he’s an arrogant, condescending know-it-all, which betrays a temperament that makes for the worst kind of executive in the Oval Office (think of the worst aspects of FDR and LBJ…combined!).  As Dr. Thomas Sowell points out,

    “When it comes to personal temperament, Governor Romney would rate the highest for his even keel, regardless of what events are swirling around him, with Rudolph Giuliani a close second.

“Temperament is far more important for a President than for a candidate. A President has to be on an even keel 24/7, for four long years, despite crises that can break out anywhere in the world at any time.”
    
Nor is Dr. Sowell fooled by Sen. McCain:

            
    “John McCain trails the pack in the temperament department, with his volatile, arrogant, and abrasive know-it-all attitude. His track record in the Senate is full of the betrayals of Republican supporters that have been the party's biggest failing over the years and its Achilles heel politically.”

            
    Let us not forget that McCain’s betrayals led to our loss of the Senate in ’06, for such betrayals drained the energy from the Republican base to the point of a body going into shock when that Election Day came around.
    
    But that aside, when you combine Romney’s record as a successful executive and leader, his prudent governorship in the Bay State, his uncanny ability to organize, to say nothing of his steady temperament (remember, we’ll be electing someone who will have his finger on nuclear triggers), it all adds up to why Romney is MyManMitt.

    Regarding his stellar executive record, part of being a good manager is delegating, and part of being a good delegator is knowing whom to put where.  All Mitt has to do is promise to appoint John Bolton to the post of Secretary of State, and he'll instantly lock up the lion's share of support of the GOP base!

    As an addendum, it’s worth noting that despite second-place finishes in Iowa and New Hampshire, he’s actually leading in the current delegate count, which is actually what leads to the big prize, that being the nomination.  It is also worth noting that polls currently indicate he has taken the lead away from McCain in the Michigan primary.  Go Mitt Go!