[Daily Nation (Kenya)] White House hopeful 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...
set his sights squarely on President Barack Obama
This is a teachable moment...
after racking up another victory in the plodding Republican nominating race.
...after Santorum so considerately self-destructed...
Romney's decisive win in Illinois Tuesday likely won't help him win Obama's home state in the November 6 election, but it has brought him closer to clinching the Republican nod.
He used his victory speech to attack Obama's economic policies and cast the November 6 general election as a choice between "economic freedom" and "job-killing regulation."
"Over the past three years this administration has been engaged in an all-out assault on our freedom," Romney told supporters gathered in an affluent Chicago suburb.
"It's time to say these words. This word. Enough. We've had enough."
Underdog 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...
was unbowed by Romney's widening lead, telling supporters in his home state of Pennsylvania "we'll close this gap and on to victory!"
His campaign vowed earlier Tuesday to take the fight all the way to the Republican convention in August, but it's not clear if Santorum will be able to stop Romney from winning the 1,144 delegates needed to clinch the deal before then.
The former Massachusetts governor already had a commanding delegate lead and Tuesday's resounding win in this midwestern state will provide Romney with momentum ahead of contests in Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington, DC on April 3.