I'm a Romney Man

Here's a recent interview former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney gave. I have no idea what other people think of these responses, but they are to me everything I want from a politician: logically sound, intelligent, RESPONSES TO THE QUESTION. Sorry for the caps. I think I'm still a little bitter from watching those Presidential Debates that went essentially like this:

Moderator: Senator McCain, there has been a recent influx of children eating legos in the home. What is your response to this?

Senator McCain: Well [Moderator], I have a long record of reaching across the aisle to deal with important issues like this. Not that one. [repeat ad nosium to fill the remaining 112 seconds]

Moderator: Senator Obama: response?

Senator Obama:  Thank you [Moderator]. I think that what you're talking about is a serious issue for our working families, especially those with children, and that we need a change from the way that Senator McCain, who is in cahoots with an irresponsible administration, who I don't want to point fingers at or blame, has proposed. But he will continue those terrible policies that have caused our nation to fail. And unless we solve the crisis of health care for our working families ... [98 more seconds of this stuff, "working families" repeated every 8-10 seconds] 

I don't know. Maybe Romney's responses seem like the same thing to people who don't like him, but I appreciate that he succinctly responds to the question at hand, and does so with an understanding of the knowledge. My impression - again, perhaps faulty - is that he actually thinks this stuff on his own, rather than being handed it by a team of think tankers. Nothing wrong with that, but I think that Lincoln himself was a thinking man of genius, and if he's my model, I've got to play back to that.

One more Romney thought (the last of the post, but certainly not the last): the man can speak to an audience. We've heard a lot of praise for Obama, and to be honest, I don't find his speaking presence as commanding or his words as compelling. Regardless of whether you appreciate Romney or not, if you want to hear a powerful speech, go find his CPAC speech or his "Faith in America" speech. Brilliant works. The kind of things i wish we were getting from all politicians. 

Faith in America: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2007/12/06/braw-datab-mitt-romneys-faith-america-speech/
CPAC: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1794442/posts