Why Mitt?

My name is Alecia.  I am a wife and a mom of four children.  I love politics and the fascinating process we have in America of selecting our political leaders.  Over the years, my experiences in life have reinforced my conviction that this selection process matters.  America's elections matters.

I am also an American who is deeply concerned about the future of our great nation.

I firmly believe that the people who have been selected to represent us in our government have forgotten that they have been given the privilege to represent the people--all the people.

It is a privilege to represent a people and not just represent a political party.  Too many leaders today seem to have a focus of, "I, the Republican / Democratic candidate seeking office or re-election" vs. "We, the people."  There is a difference.

Apathy towards Washington is at an all time high.  Our leaders are failing us.

I am putting my full support behind Mitt Romney for president.  His vast experience in management and leadership is exactly what this country needs to stay on the course that was envisioned by our founders.

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I have come to the conclusion that if I owned a company, I know that I would do anything I could to ensure that the right person was leading that company.  Furthermore, if for some reason that company began to fail, I know that I would do whatever it took and pay any price necessary to get someone like Mitt Romney to advise me on how to save my company.  Advise me on what we were doing wrong.  Counsel me on how to improve.  Inspire my employees to greatness.  Lead us to a path for future success.

Mitt Romney has remarkable experience in analyzing organizations and companies and restructuring them to a become beyond successful.   His resume shows me that he has the right training to know how to fix our broken government.

Bain Capital, which was founded by Mitt Romney in 1984, makes investments in companies with the hopes of growing those companies to profitability.  Once an investment has been made, Bain analyzes the company, restructures management when necessary, cuts excessive spending and puts the company on a path to growth and unrecognized potential.  Although a handful of Bain Capital's investments have not succeded, the bulk of the companies have grown to become some of America's most recognized business names, such as Staples, Dominoes, Sports Authority and countless others.  Mitt Romney's foresight and expertise was at the center of those successes.

Mitt Romney's entire career has been focused on making weak things stronger, leading the broken to a prosperous future and he has years of experience of being accountable with other people's money.

His resume is remarkable.

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Our nation is in real trouble.

Our debt has become an immoral insatiable addiction to our leaders.  America's financial credibility is tarnished.  Our leaders do not have solutions and they seem to be incapable of finding compromises.  They are paralyzed and like an addict, appear incapable of stopping their insatiable drive for funding failing programs.  Their addiction to spending is crippling our nation and is burdening future generations with an incomprehensible debt.

 It is immoral.  It is shameful.  It must stop.

Americans deserve better.  

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Mitt Romney has the ability, wisdom and more importantly, the discipline to do it.  I believe him when he says that he will cut unnecessary programs and bring fiscal discipline to Washington.  


I was living in Massachusetts during his time as governor.  It was truly inspiring to watch him in action.  He treated his title with respect.  He brought about real and lasting reforms to a broken and nearly bankrupt state government.


Within months of his inauguration, he cut dozens of failing government run programs, he successfully restructured the state government and he successfully closed a $3 billion dollar budget shortfall.  


He did it without raising a single tax.  He did it without borrowing a single dollar.   


He was often criticized for his bold cuts.  I loved hearing him in interviews when he would defend his efforts and essential imply that he was not elected to make friends--rather, he was there to serve the people of Massachusetts.  He had a job to do.  He did it.


It should be mentioned that he was the governor of Massachusetts--the most liberal state in the country.  When Romney took office, there were only 23 Republicans in the 160 member House of Representatives.  In the Senate, there were only 6 Republicans vs. 34 Democrats in the 40 member Senate.

The resistance did not stop him.  His voice and party support was minuscule, yet under his direction and leadership, he brought about real and lasting bi-partisan reforms to the state of Massachusetts.  Despite opposition, he achieved fiscally responsible change and he united a body of legislators to enable his bold initiatives.

When was the last time an elected Washington official came close to that kind of success?

In 2002, he salvaged the Winter Olympics Games in Salt Lake City from bankruptcy and humiliation. Mitt Romney's leadership and executive foresight saved the Winter Olympic Games from near disaster.  Amid scandal, fleeing sponsors and massive budget shortfalls, Mitt Romney led one of the most successful Olympic games on record.

His experience and leadership proved to be invaluable.

I look at where our country is headed.  Debt.  Divided Nation.  Instability.   Uncertainty.   Our leaders are lost.  Now more than ever, our country needs a leader who can do more than unite their own party.  We need more than a leader who can do more than inspire us with empty promises.

Now more than ever, America needs Mitt Romney.

I am but one voice, but this is my case for Mitt Romney for president.