Romney Wins Florida

Oh, no! I was really counting on Gingrich to win. In short, this sucks. I am not impressed with Gingrich's personal life but he is definitely much more conservative than Romney. At the same time, he is someone that has encouraged Congress to work from the middle.

Mitt Romney crushed Newt Gingrich in the Florida Republican presidential primary Tuesday night, surging from a second-place finish in South Carolina to sweep the winner-take-all contest and reassert his front-runner status.

The victory, in the biggest GOP contest to date, is likely to give the former Massachusetts governor a burst of momentum as he, Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul head west to battle in what has become an increasingly negative race.

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Romney has flip-flopped or sided with liberals on many social issues that include abortion, gay marriage, gay rights, and healthcare.

I believe Romney can explain his support on his healthcare plan by pointing out that a state can decide on public healthcare but the federal government should not be involved. Individual states already mandate which insurance companies are licensed within their borders so precedence of the state being involved has been established. That being said, I do not support such government involvement since states that take up universal healthcare will eventually go bankrupt. When this happens, we all know that those states will be the same ones crying to the federal government for a bailout.

I am not totally opposed to the government having some intervention since, they already do. It's called Medicare and Medicaid. Those programs have been deteriorating into disasters. Something else that could be considered would be making those programs private as well. Have the private sector take control and offer government vouchers to those that cannot afford care. This would be similar to what was previously proposed for private school vouchers. This would take government out of the business of medical care, while simultaneously allow people to make choices. People who live in poverty or who have retired would still receive the benefits they do now but the government would not be as involved as they are now, nor as they would be under Obama or Romney-care.

Newt has definitely proven himself to be a controversial figure. He is not the usual humdrum politician that we usually see in Washington. He has proven himself as someone who knows how to get things done. He most certainly had some issues with ethics while serving and yes, he did resign. You have to wonder why he was railroaded the way he was. The one charge that was not dropped involved him claiming a tax-exempt status for some college course offered at a small college that was created for the purposes of pushing his ideology. This was clearly an ethics violation and he was required to pay a $300,000 fine. The IRS however concluded that there was no scandal involved.

Depending on who you believe, Newt is either a conservative hero or an evil ruler.

We have heard the stories of his infidelity. His ex-wife has recently come forward expressing disdain for Newt. This is another he said/she said issue. Of course the ex is not going to say anything nice. That's why she's an ex. Still, her story could very well be true.

I still wish we had not thrown out the possibility of Cain. If we were going to have a man who is known for cheating than he would have been a much better candidate.

Whatever happens, we need to get behind the GOP nominee. We cannot have another four years of Obama.