In the past two hours writers all across the country have been printing the same question:  “Will the GOP finally embrace Romney?”

Chris Christy put ALL questions to rest today about his presidential aspirations.  He will stay put.  Now, all the bundlers and funders, and strategists who have been seeking a “magic” GOP candidate who would satisfy all wings of the party, have exhausted their ideas.  Sit back, and make their best guess as to which of the current GOP field can carry the flag to the finish line.  Romney is the unanimous answer.  But will the Primary voters follow?

Here’s an opinion…from OUTSIDE of the country!  What Canadians are saying in the Winnepeg Free Press!

“Dream dating is over,” Republican consultant Mark McKinnon told the Washington Post. “It’s time to love the one you’re with.”

A new Washington Post-ABC News poll suggests that even though Republicans aren’t fully satisfied with their choices, they believe they can win the election. And among the declared candidates, Romney leads with 25 per cent.

Perry and pizza magnate Herman Cain are tied for second place with 16 per cent, numbers representing a 13-point drop for Perry and a 12-point rise for Cain since the Texas governor first entered the race. Perry had subsequently embarrassed himself in a series of bad debate performances.

The poll suggests that even Romney’s Mormon faith, long considered a political liability, doesn’t seem to bother many Republicans anymore.

Just 20 per cent of white evangelical Protestants, a core Republican group that’s traditionally distrustful of Mormons, say they’d refuse to cast a ballot for Romney. When he ran for president four years ago, 44 per cent of that group said they wouldn’t vote for him.”

Until we start to count Primary votes in January, no one will really know whether Romney is the choice of the electorate.  Here’s what voters should consider:    Governor Rick Perry entered the competition late.  Why?  If he was serious about the presidency wouldn’t Perry have put together a stellar team and prepared himself in areas, such as foreign policy, where he had no experience?  Herman Cain has been busying himself with a radio talk show.  He is a brilliant communicator and was successful in a famous public company.  But he has no government experience.  No exposure in foreign policy.  Even those who see his bright future acknowledge that Cain may not have the experience that is so desperately absent in The White House today.  He will have a role in 2012, but probably not as a frontrunner.

Mitt Romney does have the rare skill set that America needs in 2012.  He has run a state, he has run one of the most prestigious corporations in the country, he saved the 2002 Olympics in a perilous time for the country, he is well-traveled and well-educated.   Those who question his political journey will have to satisfy  themselves in debates and interviews to come.

Beginning now, even his detractors will have a hard time ignoring the real prospects of Mitt Romney.  Because the only thing that really matters to anyone with a paycheck, a home, a job, or a family in America, is WHO has the organization, the funding, the experience and the will to beat Barack Obama.

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Filed under: Economy, Featured, Inside The KC, Politics, Sonja Eddings Brown, Uncategorized by Sonja Eddings Brown, Oct 4, 2011