In my 2012 outlook, I stated that the US Republican primary will be won by Mitt Romney with the potential for the outcome to be decided at the convention due to large Republican voter lack of conviction.  Yesterday, WaPo had this nugget:

“Despite his troubles in Florida, Gingrich says the GOP presidential contest will continue for months and that Romney may not get enough delegates to win outright at the convention….“When you add the two conservatives together we clearly beat Romney,” Gingrich said, according to the Wall Street Journal. “I think Romney’s got a very real challenge trying to … …READ MORE

 In fairness to the President Obama, SOTUs are typically speeches of broad political themes with a spate of nationalism liberally sprinkled throughout the text.  Yet, last night seemed particularly disappointing given the United States’ serious problems over the debt that has been created since Mr. Obama came into office ($10.6 trillion to $15.2 trillion) and the budget deficits that have been the largest in the country’s history (FY2009 $1.4 trillion, FY2010 $1.3 trillion and FY2011 $1.3 trillion). 

At this point, the United States remains firmly on the Japanese path to fiscal hell with the pathway paved by both parties.  However, … …READ MORE

New Hampshire voted and Republican candidate Mitt Romney won his second primary in a row by a commanding lead of 13-15 points over second place finisher Ron Paul.  Iowa runner up, Rick Santorum finished a distant 5^th place.  Paul, Santorum, Gingrich and Perry have all vowed to stay in the race and go to South Carolina for the next primary. 

This is good news for Romney on two fronts.  One, he clearly destroyed the rest of the field in a state that has a primary more akin to the general election compared to Iowa.  Two, the conservative Republicans are … …READ MORE