I always hate political books that are more biographical than they are the person’s ideas. You know, 300 pages of what an awesome person they are, with one chapter dedicated to everything they would do the fix the country. Thankfully, that wasn’t the case with “No Apologies.” In it, Mitt Romney focused almost entirely on policy.
And when I say entirely on policy, what I mean to say is “Oy Vey, there’s so much policy.” I felt like I should have gone through the book with a highlighter for when I have to study for finals…which if your as big of a political dork as I am, you know I mean that in a good way. Anything personal aboot Romney’s life was told anecdotally, drawing on lessons learned that led him to believe what he believes, or really life experiences to back up why he believes this is the way to go. This was especially true when it came to the chapters of economic policy. He knows what works and what doesn’t because, through his career in the private sector, he knows what did and didn’t.
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I still have to make a plan to see my accountant this weekend to do my taxes. I’d use TurboTax, but found that when I make a mistake instead of being nominated to run the Treasury Department, I just get fined and penalized. So like most Republicans – real, like most Americans, tax reform is in my top three as far as actual issues go.
With Harold Ford Jr. dropping his big for NY Senate, reducing the number of people running or thinking of running against Kristen Gillibrand to only twenty-seven, that still leaves us with our other US Senator and the only cat who is even rumoured to be running against him, Larry Kudlow.
I’m admittedly, even though I can’t vote in Florida, totally in the tank for Marco Rubio. And since it’s my blog, I don’t have to be fair and balanced if I don’t want to. But last week perfectly illustrated why I think Rubio is our future and Charlie Crist doesn’t believe in anything but winning.
