In his book, The Soul of a New Machine, Tracy Kidder quotes Tom West, the leader of the development team for Data General's "Eagle" computer (and a project where I was on the outside looking in), as saying, "there are no golden moments." In other words, there is never a time when the road to success is assured. Such was with Mitt Romney's twin victories in Michigan and Arizona yesterday ... it was not a golden moment.
Mitt Romney is still in a slog up to the August Republican nomination convention. I expect him to have setbacks and his share of gaffs prior to Tampa, but I do see him eventually to be (reluctantly) anointed to go up against our sitting President in the fall. And the final contest might best be compared to his running a 400 meter dash after having just completed a marathon. So, it will clearly not be easy for Romney ... The Barry will have the money edge and the bully pulpit. Even the LasVagas oddsmakers have Obama's chances of winning at 6 to 4 (see: Intrade Odds).
But I still have faith that Romney will be our next President ... for no other reason than, if he isn't, I sincerely believe we are toast.
The "toast" you fear could be made palatable with the butter of rising employment and the jelly of economic recovery. That said, I do not think the waters will rise fast enough to get Obama re-elected. My crystal ball sees Mitt in the oval office and Rush Limbaugh unemployed.
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