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Eric Cantor endorses Romney for president
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Top Republican Eric Cantor endorsed Mitt Romney...whose real first name is actually, no kidding, Willard, was governor of Massachussetts and is currently the front-runner for president on the Publican ticket. He is the son of the former governor of Michigan, George Romney, who himself ran for president after saving American Motors from failure, though not permanently. Romney's foot is in an ideological bucket because of Romneycare, a state-level experiment that should have been a warning against Obamacare if anyone had been paying attention. Romney's charisma is best defined as soporific, which is probably why he is leading the Publican field... on Sunday for president of the United States, giving the frontrunner a boost as the primary nomination contest reaches a critical stage. Cantor's endorsement, the first from a top member of the Republican congressional leadership, was seen as the strongest sign yet that the party establishment wants the increasingly bitter primary battle wrapped up soon. Romney is the clear frontrunner for the Republican nomination to take on President Barack Obama How's it going, Sunshine?... in November but has faced stubborn challenges from two main rivals, Rick Santorum  ...candidate for president and former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania. He was a lawyer before becoming the Representative for suburban Pittsburgh in 1991. He lost his Senate seat in 2006 to Bob Casey, a Democrat machine politician and political dynast. Santorum is a social conservative whose primary attraction is seemingly that he is neither Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich... and Newt Gingrich ...former Speaker of the House, author of the Contract with America. Gingrich gave the country welfare reform and a balanced budget and the Publicans a landslide House victory in 1994. On the downside, he has a roving eye and a loose fly, he's opinionated, and he's abrasive despite his ability to work with the other side of the political aisle... "I cast my vote already in Virginia for Mitt Romney and I'm here today to tell you that I'm endorsing Mitt Romney in his candidacy for the presidency of the United States," Cantor, the House Majority Leader, said on the NBC news program "Meet the Press." Romney, a former Massachusetts governor and millionaire businessman, is "going to best be able to lead this economy back to a growth mode, create jobs so people can feel better about the future," Cantor said. "I just think there's one candidate in the race who can do that, and that's Mitt Romney." His endorsement came just two days before Super Tuesday, a potentially pivotal day in the nominating battle, when 10 states vote at once. Super Tuesday essentially ended the Republican nomination battle in 2008, when Romney capitulated and Senator  John MaverickMcCain ... the Senator-for-Life from Arizona, former presidential candidate and even more former foot soldier in the Reagan Revolution... went on to become the nominee. Posted by: Fred 2012-03-05 |
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