Is The Media Forcing Me To Vote For Romney
Over the past two weeks, I have been surprised by the political talk shows. I have not been a Romney backer to date. I have been surprised, however, the extent to which large parts of the media seem like they are trying to ignore Romney's successes. Today Romney won Nevada by a wide margin (51%) and John McCain won Sourth Carolina by a narrower margin (33%).
To date Romney has the best record. Three firsts, two seconds and a fourth. McCain has two firsts, a second and two thirds. Romney has more delegates (78) than McCain (38) and Huckabee (29) combined. Normally one would consider the person who had won the most states and had the most delegates to be the front runner. Most of the major media, however, is treating McCain as the front runner. When they do mention Romney's wins, it is almost always preceded by some statement that the other candidates had not really contested those states. For the last two weeks many in the media have repeatedly discussed how Romney will need to drop out if he did not win. Unfortunately for them, he has won three of the last four.
Why candidates would ignore Nevada - the fastest growing state in the nation - is a big question. Nevada is a state that could very well go either way in November. It also has more delegates than South Carolina. Somehow, however, Romney's overwhelming victory in Nevada is belittled while McCain's victory in South Carolina makes him the front runner.
The position is also odd in that in that all of the polls show that in the last two weeks there has been a marked shift in what is important to Republican (and Democratic) voters find important. The economy is now the number one issue for both parties.
With the economy taking center stage, Romney would seem to be the canidate for the moment. Whether you like or dislike Romney, you have to acknowledge that he knows alot about business and how to fix financial messes. McCain in contrast, was one of only two Republicans to vote against the Bush tax cuts. Now, all of the sudden, McCain is talking about tax cuts and smaller government. The question is will voters ignore his record for his new found retoric.
Whenever the media seemed determined to brush a candidate out the race, it makes me wonder why. Maybe I will have to vote for Romney, not that my vote in Utah will have much acces.
The media's apparent effort to
To date Romney has the best record. Three firsts, two seconds and a fourth. McCain has two firsts, a second and two thirds. Romney has more delegates (78) than McCain (38) and Huckabee (29) combined. Normally one would consider the person who had won the most states and had the most delegates to be the front runner. Most of the major media, however, is treating McCain as the front runner. When they do mention Romney's wins, it is almost always preceded by some statement that the other candidates had not really contested those states. For the last two weeks many in the media have repeatedly discussed how Romney will need to drop out if he did not win. Unfortunately for them, he has won three of the last four.
Why candidates would ignore Nevada - the fastest growing state in the nation - is a big question. Nevada is a state that could very well go either way in November. It also has more delegates than South Carolina. Somehow, however, Romney's overwhelming victory in Nevada is belittled while McCain's victory in South Carolina makes him the front runner.
The position is also odd in that in that all of the polls show that in the last two weeks there has been a marked shift in what is important to Republican (and Democratic) voters find important. The economy is now the number one issue for both parties.
With the economy taking center stage, Romney would seem to be the canidate for the moment. Whether you like or dislike Romney, you have to acknowledge that he knows alot about business and how to fix financial messes. McCain in contrast, was one of only two Republicans to vote against the Bush tax cuts. Now, all of the sudden, McCain is talking about tax cuts and smaller government. The question is will voters ignore his record for his new found retoric.
Whenever the media seemed determined to brush a candidate out the race, it makes me wonder why. Maybe I will have to vote for Romney, not that my vote in Utah will have much acces.
The media's apparent effort to
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