Biased Against Romney...

I'm shocked by the amazing bias against Mitt Romney in the popular press. From the sounds of things, you'd think that Michigan's primary elections tomorrow will decide whether Romney can even stay in the race for another week. CNN called his "loss" in NH "devastating", and even FOX News has indicated that Mitt is "struggling" to stay in the race and that Michigan is a "do-or-die" primary for him.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the objective of the GOP primaries was to win the most delegates. If that's true, then it seems that a logical barometer of a candidate's likelihood of success is to look at how many delegates they've won to this point. Let's see....

Mitt Romney has 30 delegates following his first-place finish in WY and his second place finishes in NH and IA.

Mike Huckabee is in a distant second place with 21 delegates following his win in IA and his third place finishes in WY and NH.

John McCain - who the press seems to be heavily favoring - is in a very distant third place with just 10 delegates following a narrow win in NH, a second place finish in WY, and a fourth place finish in IA.

So, Mitt Romney currently has 50% more delegates than the second place candidate, who isn't expected to place first or second in Michigan, and has 3 times the number of delegates who are in McCain's camp. Even if Romney were to place second in MI and pick up about 10 delegates, he'd still be in first place after another strong finish that the press would undoubtedly characterize as "devastating" or "crushing".

After watching all of the GOP debates so far, it's very clear that Mitt Romney is the most qualified, knowledgeable, eloquent, and stately candidate on stage. He has more experience as a chief executive than any other candidate, and he's proven that he can be successful in every venue imaginable. I don't want a 75- or 80-year old man with no fiscal knowledge running our country in tomorrow's fast-paced world, and I don't want to elect a closet Democrat (Huckabee) to represent the Republican party for the next 8 years.

A word to the wise...stop listening to the popular press and start listening to the candidates.