The Great Statesman Speech as a Turning Point
In the last month, traffic to this blog site has doubled, more or less. To all of you who have visited this site, THANK YOU! And to all those who contribute as writers, THANK YOU.
For a couple of weeks now, I have been thinking of all the new visitors coming to the site to learn about Governor Romney. Many of us have been studying him for well over a year and we know all about him, his life, his career, his family.
But many of you are new to Gov. Romney and know nothing about him. His speech last month in College Station, Texas was a turning point in his campaign for the presidency, much as a similar speech was for JFK in 1960. Arguably, this speech by Gov. Romney will go down in history as one of the great statesman speeches of all time in this great nation of America. Indeed, many political experts and pundits, including Chris Matthews opined that this speech was the single best political speech they had heard in decades.
I still run into supporters of Governor Romney who still have never heard this speech. This speech is worth the time it takes to watch it. Please do if you have not seen it yet.
I was fortunate to attend this speech. It was an event I will never forget. It was a deeply emotional speech; emotions I observed among many not of the faith of Gov. Romney.
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~ Vic
January 25th, 2008 at 5:30 am
briefly for those just tuning in:
Most political pundits from both sides insisted this speech would be a disaster and would sink his campaign. Even his campaign workers were divided if it would do more harm then good. Places like this full of support for Mitt we were all unsure if it was likely to backfire.
week after the speech
Hucks rise overtook Mitt’s lead in Iowa. (barely a week since the mainstream media finally stopped only talking about mitts religion and Huck reignites the flame) Hucks religious and political shenanigans would draw a sharp contrast of two very different approaches to the balance of church and state.