What Would a Romney Presidency Mean For Your Finances?

From The Economist:

By Brian Bleifeld: Ron Paul is a Republican Presidential candidate from Texas, and a former OB/GYN doctor. He has served in the U.S. Congress for 40 years and has a loyal grassroots following. He has placed third in Iowa, and second in New Hampshire, and has garnered 161,060 votes compared with front runner Mitt Romney, who has won 294,826 votes. More votes have been cast for Paul than Rick Santorum.

My view is: perhaps they did. The argument is that the Koch Brothers and others of their ilk now think that they bought and paid for the Republican Party--and in the primaries they are largely right. But money is much less influential in presidential elections, and so the minus effect on candidate quality in the primaries outweighs the positive effects of more money in the general election.

By CommodityHQ: By Jared Cummans

Mitt Romney, who is making a run for the Republican presidential nomination a second time, woke up this morning to a bit of bad news: the Wall Street Journal's editorial page effectively wrote him off. The paper's editorial board said Romney was a "compromised and not credible" candidate for the presidency. The reason: Romney's past position on health care as governor of Massachusetts.

Republican presidential candidate Jon Hunstman's campaign is off too a slow start. He tried to jump start it yesterday with an economic speech in New Hampshire. The address comes just days ahead of similar speeches by Huntsman's Republican rival Mitt Romney and President Obama. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us