Wake Up America Endorses Mitt Romney

 Cross posted on Grizzly Groundswell

  I have finally made my choice for president and will now make my endorsement for president, for whatever it’s worth. Hey, newspapers still endorse candidates, and they no longer carry the weight they used to, so why not try my hand at endorsing a candidate?

This is a crucial election for our country’s future. I have been undecided about who I would vote for until very recently. There is much at stake in 2008, from the Democrats trying vigorously to turn our government into a socialist form of government, all the way to the Democrats ignoring the threat of Islamo-fascism even in the wake of September 11th. It is for these reasons that I have remained undecided for so long. But not any more. With just over a week to go to the New Hampshire primary, I have made my choice.

 I had narrowed the field down to three candidates; Mitt Romney, Tom Tancredo, and Duncan Hunter.

 Tom Tancredo made the choice slightly easier once he dropped out. My choices then were narrowed down to two, naturally. But then Tom Tancredo endorsed Mitt Romney, and that is when I made my final decision.

Tancredo identified former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Arizona Sen. John McCain as two Republican candidates whose records indicate they wouldn’t be tough enough on immigration.

He said Romney has a proven record of opposing illegal immigration while governor of Massachusetts, ending driver’s licenses and in-state tuition for illegal immigrants.

“On the other hand, you talk about what’s happened in Arkansas, it’s a totally different situation, and certainly John McCain has built a career in Congress being a supporter of illegal immigration and amnesty,” Tancredo said.

Tancredo said he and Romney met Thursday for more than an hour and he left the meeting convinced that the former Massachusetts governor would do what’s necessary to fight illegal immigration.

“He is the best hope for our cause,” Tancredo said.

 Immigration, the war on terror and national defence are the biggest issues to me. Actually they are all one issue in my book, they are woven together to form one big issue. How can we be fighting the war on terror abroad, and yet leave our borders wide open to people who have already successfully made it over here? This is the reason that I was looking at Hunter and Tancredo in the first place, once Tancredo made his decision, I made mine. I almost feel as though Tancredo was only in the race to shed light on immigration and once he did that he decided he could bow out.

 The final decision came down to electability. Once I was down to two candidates, that became the deciding factor. Much like a Mike Huckabee nomination would secure a Democrat president in the general election, so to would a Duncan Hunter nomination. So in the end, I had to go with Mitt, even though I do like Duncan Hunter.

 I do believe that Mitt Romney would run rings around Hillary Clinton in the debates, and hopefully expose her. Although she has been exposed before and the voters don’t seem to care.

 Mitt Romney will be a fiscal conservative, he will cut government programs before he would increase spending, and that is another reason I am going to vote for him. As a successful businessman, he understands the importance of limiting spending and maximizing profits. I believe he will use this knowledge to cut spending, make the Bush tax cuts permanent and downsize the federal government.

 In a time when family values are being eroded, and parental rights are being threatened, Mitt Romney talks about strong family values, but he does more than talk, he lives by strong family values.

 I believe that Mitt Romney will be a strong leader in a time where leadership will be desperately needed.