Peanut Gallery: Woulda, coulda, shoulda… doesn’t cut it anymore. Romney is not my first pick for our next President, but it is what it is. As Rush says: We need to live in “Realville.” It’s time, like it or not, to close ranks and focus on taking back the White House in November.

The fork in the road is sharp, the consequences of the choice in November almost irreversible.

Which is why, whether disappointed or even angry, it is time for everyone who cares about defeating the president to get behind the governor.

One of Two Men Will Be President in January, 2013: Which One Do You Support? – Hugh Hewitt – Townhall Conservative Columnists.

With a sweeping win in Illinois that ranged across almost every demographic and income level, educational achievement or religious background, Mitt Romney has almost completely killed off the “zombie narrative” of a “brokered” convention.
That bizarre “story-line” isn’t dead in every precinct of the media, but those who indulge it get rolled eyes and sudden smirks sent their way. “Really? You believe that?” serious analysts ask. “Please keep your investment advice to yourself,” they add under their breaths.

This doesn’t mean that unhappiness with the the former Massachusetts governor will go away, only that it will delineate the dead-enders and the Obama fanatics among the media, both new and old. There are still eight subsets of college basketball fans still bitter at Ohio’s 8-0 record in this year’s Mayan Calendar tourney, but that bitterness doesn’t erase a single one of Ohio State, Ohio’s, Xavier’s or Cincy’s wins. It just embarrasses the whining fan.

There were good reasons for every Republican who ran to get into the race. Continue reading “One of Two Men Will Be President in January, 2013: Which One Do You Support? – Hugh Hewitt – Townhall Conservative Columnists” →