Presidential candidate speaking in South Carolina. Accompanied with her are (1) South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (2) Ann Romney, Mitt's wife (3) Cindy McCain (4) John McCainSince the polls show that former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has a very comfortable lead over all the GOP candidates in New Hampshire, Romney has been campaigning in South Carolina to convince voters he's the right candidate for voters in the Palmetto State. (South Carolina has an open primary system so you can cross over to another political party to vote for that candidate.) Accompanied by South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, Senator John McCain and his wife Cindy, Romney spoke at a campaign event in Conway, South Carolina. Governor Haley has drawn fire from the state Tea Party due to her endorsement of Mitt Romney, the GOP frontrunner. Three polls show Mitt Romney reclaiming the lead from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich since Romney's narrow win from the Iowa caucus on Tuesday. Right now Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich are battling for second place in South Carolina. South Carolina's election results have historically been the most accurate gauge in determining the GOP nominee.
A Rasmussen Reports poll today showed Mitt Romney with the edge with 27% of the support in South Carolina followed by Santorum with 24% and Gingrich with 18%. A CNN/Time poll later showed Romney with 37%, followed by Santorum at 19% and Gingrich with 18%. In both polls I just mentioned, the results for Gingrich was the same. Romney is devoting a lot of time in South Carolina, whose primary doesn't occur for another two weeks.
My prediction is that Mitt Romney will win both the New Hampshire and the South Carolina primaries. I believe Romney will secure the GOP nomination very quickly. How long that will take I don't know for sure. However, I feel confident that around the time of Super Tuesday, Romney will secure the GOP nomination. I do believe Rick Santorum will make his mark in the race, but he doesn't have the votes to beat Romney. He could cast himself as a national candidate in preparation for the next GOP primary, whichever year that is. Both Gingrich and Santorum are trying to convince GOP voters that they are the true "conservative" candidate. However, both candidates have voted for legislation that expands the growth of the federal government. Santorum is right on the abortion issue, and I'm thankful for that. However, he was a Bushpot when he was the Senator from Pennsylvania. How am I to trust Santorum to govern according to the Constitution through and through? I can't. I'm not certain that if he sent this nation into a war, he would utilize all the means necessary to obtain victory in the time it should take for that to happen. He would follow orders from the forces of Nimrod if he were president, just like Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney would do. Neither Santorum nor Gingrich are the conservative alternative to Romney, except Santorum would take the right stand on abortion, which is something I can't trust Mitt Romney to do. Romney has flip-flopped on abortion in the past. I believe he did that for political expendiency. That's my opinion.
The truth of the matter is, the Republican elites desire for Mitt Romney to be the GOP nominee for president this Fall. Even many in the conservative media are preparing the American people to accept Romney as the GOP nominee. Romney doesn't generate much enthusiasm. I have some advice for Mr. Romney: Run like you desire to be president. Run with excitement and enthusiasm. You should campaign like America's survival depends upon voting out Barack Obama this November. That's what you need to do.
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