HoodaThunk?

After Fred Thompson’s withdrawal from the nomination race I was determined to take my time in making any decision as to which of the remaining candidates to support. Some of those candidates have made it easy (Paul, Huckabee), some more difficult (Mccain, but let me get back to him in a minute). In the end, however, there’s just no denying that there’s a superior candidate among the competitors and that candidate is Mitt Romney.

Yes, I know. He’s not perfect. None of them are. Neither was Fred, though he was a lot closer than most in my book. The point is, when all of the issues are weighed and all of the items that go into determining whether someone is qualified to be President are considered, the combination of issue stances and experience make Mitt Romney the best choice of the candidates for the GOP nomination. I encourage you to go visit his site (note the link in the upper right column) and read his material for yourself. I encourage you to do your research and weigh the decision on your own as well. I think that when you do you’ll find as I have.

One last thing about Fred Thompson before I (ahem) move on. There’s been a lot of talk around the blogosphere about writing Fred Thompson in on the primary ballot – and perhaps the actual ballot in November. I considered doing just that. Fred’s on the ballot here in Virginia so I wouldn’t even need to write the name in. The problem with doing that is simple: Fred himself declared he’s no longer in the running. By casting my ballot for him, I’m casting it for a man who does not want the position. To be honest, I feel that’s disrespectful of the decision he made. So I’m not going to do it. I’m going to do what my duty as an American citizen demands and vote from the options available to us for this decision before us. I hope Fred makes another run at it. (I hope Mitt does the smart thing and begs Fred to come on board as VP.) But the decision of the republic waits for no man and I’ve got a job to do.

I hope other Virginia FredHeads will join my in this decision and I hope to meet many of them in this campaign ahead.