Another Debate Day

Here we go. Another day, another debate. No debate last night and I found myself lost, like a junky in need of a fix. We should get our fill tonight since Newt Gingrich should be loaded for bear. There will be audience participation unlike the sterile show Monday night. Because it will be the last for a few weeks it will be important for the candidates to make their points and make them memorable as well.  Unlike the sterile event we had Monday we will be treated to audience participation.

As an observer of this race nothing surprises me. A seriously anti Ronald Reagan person is now trying to make us think he was a Reagan backer back in the day. If  I've learned nothing else it is Mitt Romney has chutzpah. You see, the former Massachusetts governor was opposed to Dutch throughout his time in office from 1980 to 1988. In 1994, during his debate with Ted Kennedy and at other times during the senate race, Romney took umbrage at the suggestion he either supported or voted for Reagan. He made it clear in the gubernatorial debate he was not a "Reagan Republican".

The anti conservative sentiments expressed by Romney continued into and throughout his race for governor.

A friend recently disagreed with me that Romney is and in reality always has been a liberal by citing Romney's Mormonism, as though all Mormons are conservative. Nothing could be further from the truth. May I remind you uber-liberal senator Harry Reid of Nevada is a devout Mormon.

In terms of one's religion and politics, a religious affiliation tells us little or nothing about a person's politics. The above mentioned Ted Kennedy and I are/were Catholic. Teddy was almost as liberal as Mitt while I am an adherent of Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan.

It took me longer to get to this than I expected. Mitt Romney is and has always been a liberal, plain and simple. No, that's not a sin, it's just a fact. If Romney can carry out this charade what will be electing, a committed liberal or a newly minted conservative? What are Romney's true political leanings? His record says a strong leftward tilt.

Watch tonight's debate, we may be treated to some interesting fireworks.

Ciao.......Moe