Rubio is right for Romney

After months of running a very cautious campaign Romney may be on the verge of making a bold decision. If he chooses Marco Rubio as his VP pick it will be a game changing event for this election. Rubio is already a national hero of the Tea Party and holds a national office as a senator. In other words, he is not Sarah Palin. Rubio would also make Florida a toss up state until election day. The democrats are probably coming up with talking points as we speak in anticipation of Rubio being added to the Romney ticket. You will probably even see things pop up during the vetting process to try and derail Rubio too. There are questions that remain though. Will Rubio accept a VP invite? Will Romney actually pull the trigger on this one? There is still time for Romney to pick a boring VP that he can overshadow, but if you wants to win this election he may have to share the stage.

Romney's Pre-existing Condition

Mitt Romney has once again given the democrats a line of attack. According to a New York Times/CBS poll 85 percent of Americans support the part of Obamacare that guarantee's health coverage for those with pre-existing conditions. To make things worse for Romney, the law that he is attacking is similar to the one he signed into law as governor of Massachusetts. Romney should spend most of his time hammering home his message on jobs and the economy. He's right, there is a jobs problem in the country and the economy is recovering at a slow rate. But will taking away health coverage from people help that problem? How productive is someone who can get medicine for their high blood pressure? How much work can you get done if you can't get insulin for your diabetes? With the number one concern being the economy, why would Romney even talk about anything else? Taking a look back at his political career you will see this same pattern. It's a pre-existing condition that he has never been treated for. Kind of ironic.

Beginning of the Romney Comeback?

It's June, there was a bad jobs report and the polls are starting to swing to the right. Is this the beginning of a Mitt Romney comeback or are recent events going to just make things interesting? Romney has rode the wrapping up of the primaries to a bit of a boost in the polls. It also has helped him that the economy seems to be stuck in a slow growth mode. Those two things would seem to help him, but there are 4 more jobs reports before the election and slow growth is growth. 8 percent seems to be the mental barrier here. If Obama can get the unemployment rate to around 7.7 percent I think it will be tougher for Romney to attack on jobs. Without jobs what else could Romney use to win? Change. Maybe this time around the country is ready for change again. To use that theme Romney needs to come up with an inspirational message though. I'm not saying he can't evangelize his all American story and captivate the country, but my money is on Romney wishing for delayed job growth.