Time to focus on mechanics

So New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is not running for the Republican
nomination for president. It’s now time for the GOP to wipe away the
tears and get down to the business of nominating the one who will in
fact face President Obama next November. Make no mistake, it will be a
formidable test. Obama and his team will bring several hundred million
dollars to bear, attacking the Republican candidate with everything they
have.

Equal to the task, you can bet Republicans will be loaded for bear —
ready to lay into an abysmal record of dysfunction and borderline
ineptitude.

And it’s on those points that Republican primary voters should base their decision. Let’s face it, Obama is struggling to run the nation. His economic team acts like it earned its degrees from an online bank that doubles as a college on weekends.

And all the talk recently over a new Obama makeover — a more charming president — plays right into the hands of someone who knows how to run an organization, not just talk a good game.

That’s right, 2012 might just be the year of the Technocrat-in-Chief. I’m referring to someone who knows the inner movements of an institution, what makes it tick and how to turn things around when it’s no longer functioning properly. We’ve had “hope” and “change.” And just as the McCain bumper stickers of 2008 were right (“Hope is not an agenda”), they had the wrong man for the job then.

I’m not officially endorsing him, but given these obvious revelations, Mitt Romney is looking more and more like the guy who can do the job, not just talk about the job. His very nature is mechanical, even his mannerisms. But doggone it, the guy knows what makes a company tick — from its people to its culture to its bottom line. And Lord knows our nation’s bottom line needs some adjusting.

So as the wannabes and the almost-rans have finally filtered out, we now know a few things about the present field: 1) Sarah Palin is NOT running for president; 2) Ron Paul will finally exit stage right as a viable presidential contender; 3) Herman Cain is a serious man with some serious gumption to say some serious things; 4) Rick Perry is fading fast; and 5) Mitt Romney, on paper at least, is looking like the technocrat who could get the job done. It may not be graceful and full of style, but hey, haven’t we tried that already?? Look where it got us.

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