It's Romney
by David Atkins
With Gingrich dropping out, the last sideshow in the GOP primary is gone. The Republicans have their nominee, and they'll just have to learn to love him.
Someone recently asked in the comment why the contraceptive issue had seemingly died down on the political radar. I'm sure it will be back, particularly in campaigns at the congressional level, but one reason it's gotten less play of late on the presidential level is the Romney ascendancy. The rest of the campaign for the White House is going to be fought mostly on the ground of economic justice--and while social issues obviously have an economic component, that's not quite as clear to the voters.
This would be be a lot easier if the Obama Administration had been more active on issues of economic justice, and less friendly to the interests of Wall Street. But you go to war with the army you have...
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