It’s a BIG day in Florida. It’s a really big day for Mitt Romney….for his family, his campaign, and his supporters. It’s a big day for talk radio, for the Republican party and the Conservative Movement.

I’ve been web surfing off and on since about 5 a.m. looking for something that is suitable, and more importantly, unique, to post up as we await election results later this evening. Everyone has the polls, the “Winner Take All” articles, the sound bites, and the play by plays of the last few days…..I was looking for something a little different.

And then, I happened across this video. Sure, it’s a bit hokey, but that’s not what hit me when I watched it. What hit me was that it was a genuine effort and labor of inspiration that can only be produced when one is moved. As I have personally experienced while listening to Governor Romney speak, he is more than capable of such inspiration. Mitt Romney’s Faith in America Address was definitely one of those times. Actually, I don’t recall being moved by a politician prior to that, since George W. Bush’s Remarks at National Day of Prayer and Remembrance at the National Cathedral after 9-11, when he actually moved the entire world that day. The words ” And the commitment of our fathers is now the calling of our time” are words that I will forever associate with the legacy of George W. Bush. It has been a long and tumultuous period between that day and this. It’s about time, that we as a people, found someone to inspire us again, and Mitt Romney has the ability to spark and then ignite those embers.

I’ll drop the post now, as it’s getting late in election day, and before you know it, we’ll all be sharing the results from Florida. In the meantime, I’ll leave you with this…..for I know from what place in his heart the composer of this song found the words and the inspiration to make it….. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Thank you Lon Gibson, for sharing it with us.

GO MITT!

I think I could probably turn this into a full time profession

Liz Cheney, one of Vice President Dick Cheney’s daughters, has signed onto Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign as a senior foreign policy adviser.

Liz Cheney, the mother of five children, said in a statement: “Throughout his campaign, (Romney) has distinguished himself as a leader who can guide our country with a clear vision for overcoming the threats we face today. … I look forward to working with Governor Romney because he is the leader our country needs.”

Romney said Liz Cheney brings the campaign “years of experience helping to formulate America’s foreign policy and to advance democracy and reform in the Middle East.”

Liz Cheney previously supported former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson, who dropped out of the race last week.

Welcome aboard FredHeads for Mitt!

Despite the fact that Shamnesty-supporting Governor of Florida Charlie Crist endorsed John McCain yesterday, influential conservative blogger Ed Morrissey of Captain’s Quarters announced this morning that after long and careful consideration, “I will enthusiastically caucus for Mitt Romney on February 5th.”

The Captain’s Quarter’s site meter currently reads at 37,129,643 hits. That is, without a doubt, a huge amount of far-reaching fan’s and readers who consider and value The Captain’s opinion as worthy.

McCain’s outright lies yesterday about Mitt Romney’s statements on Iraq troop withdrawal aren’t going to win him any votes either.

Not a bad way to start the day.

As you all know, and to the dismay of his supporters, Fred Thompson recently announced his retirement from the Republican Presidential Nomination process for 2008. As I wander about my favorite internet blogs and haunts, I decided that it might be kind of fun to make mention of any new converts who were previously Thompson supporters, but who have now switched over to become Mitt Romney supporters. These highly intelligent, strongly principled, politically savvy, and thoroughly informed individuals and/or groups of people will heretofore otherwise be known as…… FredHeads For Mitt (even those that are still in the seriously thinking about liking Mitt phase).

A link to the post where they publicly proclaim either their alliance, or their consideration to like Mitt Romney for President in 2008 Campaign, will be highlighted under the FredHeads For Mitt Logo that the good folks at the Romney campaign had the foresight to make up.

If you happen across a website or blog and notice a conversion, or even a hint of a conversion from Thompson to Romney, please leave a comment as to where I might find the info.

And please, feel free to snatch the FredHeads For Mitt Logo, to pass around to your friends! So far, I’ve found two today…….

Welcome aboard FredHeads For Mitt

Welcome aboard FredHeads For Mitt (still in the really starting to like this guy phase)

If you see any more converts, hollar! We’d love to link to their site and welcome them aboard!

I’ll admit it. I’m a “new media” addict. I haven’t turned on a MSM channel or subscribed to a newspaper in years, and yet I’m more informed than I’ve ever been in my entire life. From morning till night, armed with my Walkman radio and my key board, I’m what Laura Ingraham describes as an “aggressive news consumer”. My morning starts with Laura’s show, which leads into Rush, who leads into Glenn Beck’s radio show, who leads into Sean Hannity’s radio show, who leads into Britt Hume, who leads into Glenn Becks CNN tv show, who leads into O’Reilly, who leads into Hannity & Colmes. In between, I’m surfing the web, hitting up all my favorite blogs, and usually by midnight, I’ve consumed a fair assessment of the days news. I thank God for radio talk shows, the internet, and the demise of the stranglehold that the left has had on the media and the news we receive. I applaud the death of the Dinosaur Media and will dance upon it’s grave when it finally dies off.

As Electromneyin2008.com (this sites owner) is constantly updating with up-to-the-minute election news with the help of several wonderful contributors, finding unique content for WomenforRomney is a challenge. I will, however, try my best. During the course of any one day, some things stick and some things don’t, whether it be for informative or entertainment value. On this particular day, it was a call into Rush Limbaugh’s show that stuck with me……

The day after Mitt Romney’s Michigan Primary win, several women called into Rush’s radio show. Rush was taken by surprise by their enthusiasm and the depth of their knowledge of Mitt Romney as a candidate. Mitt was their “guy”, and they were brimming with excitement that Michigan had given him a pretty resounding nod of the head, with a strong conservative/republican vote for the win. After several calls, Rush realized that these women callers all had a deep admiration for Mitt Romney; not only as a candidate, but as a husband, a father, and businessman. Rush took three calls, and they all went similar to this:

RUSH: “I’m wondering — it’s hard to say this with three calls in one busy broadcast — but I wonder if we’re uncovering something here that’s being missed, and that is that there’s this army of women who apparently are really drawn to Romney…..You’re right, you are the third babe today that’s just going on and on and on about Mitt Romney. It’s all based on policy, right, it’s not based on how he looks?”

CALLER: It is based on policy, yes. He’s a very good-looking man — but it is based on policy, because we women who are true conservative –Republicans — and comfortable in our own skin — and would never vote for anybody based on gender or race, want to listen to what these candidates are saying.”

RUSH: “What do you think of his wife and family?”

CALLER: “I think that he has a lovely wife and five beautiful sons and daughters-in-law and grandchildren. He comes across as a very wholesome American. More important than that, though, is for us to begin to see that he believes in Americans’ ability to use their own mind and ingenuity, to produce the best ideas and products, and hope that the government would just step aside and allow the free market system to work and let our government just continue to protect us so that we remain the strongest country in protecting freedom and homeland security and the war on terror, and I — ”

RUSH: “Let’s get to the character side. I’m running out of time. Does Romney, to you, exude a powerful morality?”

CALLER: “He exudes the most powerful morality I have seen in any candidate.”

RUSH: “This is fascinating. Ruth, I can’t thank you enough.”

CALLER: I thank you, Rush, and just keep up the wonderful work. My husband and I listen to you every day, and we love you, and just keep that faith, because there are Republican conservatives out there who will prove who the true candidate will be, and I believe it will be Romney.”

RUSH: “We have decided to come up with a name for you babes who are smitten with Mitt Romney, first of many, but this works: Mittens. We’re going to refer to you as Mittens.”

I guess in Rush’s world, that makes me a “Mitten”.  It’s a title I can definitely live with….it’s comfortable and it fits.

Ann Romney has got to be one of the sweetest, kindest, and most thoughtful women I’ve ever met in my life. She once again shows, just what wonderful thing that this country will have with her as our First Lady. What a woman!

Mattie is my three year old daughter.  She is sitting on my lap watching me write posts and finding words she can read.  She keeps begging, “Mom, can I type Mattie?  Can I type my name?”  I keep telling her, “No, I’m typing about Mitt Romney.”

She knows that I want Mitt Romney to be president.  She has learned to listen for his name on the TV and radio.  When I am hidden behind my laptop she often begs to watch “a Mitt Romney movie” (i.e. one of his online ads.)

But Mattie has learned much more than politics from me.  She has learned her colors, to read and to spell.  Right now she wants to spell “dog” and “Rosy.”  Rosy is her dog that we rescued from the local animal shelter last spring.  She also wants to type “dad.”  She loves to type to her dad on Yahoo Instant Messager in the morning.  They send each other funny faces back and forth.  Now she asks to type “mom.”  She likes that Mom and Mattie both start with an “M.”

You see, Mattie has also learned about family and love and the importance of encouraging and lifting up other people.  Sometimes I don’t know if she has learned this from me or if she simply came to me knowing this in her tender and innocent little soul.  But I don’t want her to unlearn it.

I don’t want her to learn fear or cynicism.  That is why this presidential race is important to me.  Because the man (or, heaven forbid, woman) elected can have a dramatic impact on the nation that I raise my daughter in.  In Laura Ingraham’s book “Power to the People” the very first front she stakes out for us to take back our power is in the family.  As women, we have a beautiful and vital role to play in the family.  This role should not be cheapened or disparaged by members of government.

 That is why I teach the little woman in my home to support Mitt Romney.

Even the MSM couldn’t ignore Governor Romney’s win in the Michigan Primary last night.  Unlike Romney’s Wyoming victory, the cameras were rolling in Michigan for days before the contest.  They recorded Romney’s positive messages about turning around the Michigan economy, protecting our borders and defeating our enemies abroad.  These issues won Romney 39% of the Michigan vote, fully 9% more than the McCain, who finished second.

This win gives the Romney campaign the only thing it had been lacking up to this point–a first place win that even opponents couldn’t explain away.  Since January 4, various media pundits and backers of other candidates have valiantly ignored the strong second place showings, the tremendous nation-wide support, the win in Wyoming, and the fact that Romney had a majority of the popular vote and of pledged delegates.  Instead, they focused on the fact that in Iowa and New Hampshire Romney’s name was not in the number one slot.

However, this race is shaping up to be one that will be unique in the history of Presidential politics.  Prominent wins by Huckabee and McCain have brought strong conservative voices into the race to actively campaign against them.  Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh had even declared that to nominate either of these candidates would mean the end of the Republican party.  Should either of these liberal men be nominated, conservatives would have to find, or form, another party to represent the values of small government and individual freedom.

I think that the same thing would be true of a Giuliani nomination.  Giuliani does not represent the social conservative values that so many Americans hold dear to them.  Nor is it clear that he would respect promises at fiscal and judicial conservatism.  This leaves us to decide between Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson.  (Ron Paul would be an ideal president–in 1824.  If only we could get the rest of the world to limit their weapons to the technology of that era then he would be a logical choice for conservatives.)

Fred Thompson seems to be a good person with a desire to do what is best for his country.  Romney, however, has a resume that is unique among the candidates.  He has spent his life learning to find new and innovative solutions to common problems.  The problems of Washington are as common as it gets, but epic in scale and with no one willing to stick out their political neck to solve them.  Romney is not a career politician and he has the drive to solve even the most difficult problems.  Romney also has the business head to understand and analyze the waves of numbers that describe our nation’s current economic status and the options for altering government involvement.

If Romney has one failing it is that he sometimes seems to view the government as the head of a large business interest.  Corporations sometimes offer benefits for the good of the employee and the good of the company at large.  Government does not have this responsibility to the people of this nation.  When government “offers” benefits such as welfare and health care to the people the price is a portion of our freedom.  Romney, in my estimation, is the most conservative candidate in this race.  But he can be much more conservative.  It is my hope that as the campaign progresses he will move in that direction.

In the meantime,  Congratulations to Governor Romney and his family.  Congratulations to all of his supporters.  And God Bless America.

It has been common knowledge for some time that Romney’s strategy for winning the nomination hinged on doing well in Iowa and New Hampshire.  With his second place finish in Iowa, the MSM has been quick to proclaim that if Romney comes in behind McCain in New Hampshire his campaign is over.

On the Rush Limbaugh radio program today, Limbaugh pointed out that a second place finish for Romeny, far from being the death nell for his campaign, would actually put him in a good situation.  It would mean that Romney was the one candidate who has finished strong in both Iowa AND New Hampshire.  In addition, these strong showings would be in spite of years of negative press by the MSM and lots of attacks by at least four other candidates who have each been considered “front runners” in turn.

The bottom line is that Romney is in good place to win the nomination.  Through his various battles with other “front-runners,” Romney’s national name recognition has increased dramatically.  Through the advertising and campaigning in the various states, Romney’s message has resonated more consistently with conservatives across the nation.

There are 47 more states to select delegates after the New Hampshire primary.  These states are still to be fought and won.  Whether Romney finishes first or second in New Hampshire, it is simply one more step on the path to victory.