Elizabeth Dunn: Ann Romney for First Lady

Yes, yes, despite Romneycare, questionable NRA ratings and a perceived indifference to conservative values, I support Mitt Romney in his bid for leader of the free world in 2012. 

I'm drawn to the pragmatic conclusion that there is just one thing - jobs - and we need to focus on the answers to these questions about  jobs: 

- How are they created in the private sector?

 - Why do they disappear?

 - How do we compete with companies in other countries? 

Romney's private sector resume assures me he has the necessary skill-sets to provide some effective answers: 

• Consulted with hundreds of start-ups and developed companies as VP of Bain & Company
• Managed $65 billion in assets as co-founder of spin-off Bain Capital
• Returned to Bain & Company to lead a successful financial turnaround
• Rescued 2002 Winter Olympics from a $379 million deficit and turned in a $56 million profit              

We need an accomplished business leader with established bona fides in crisis management; a leader with the acumen to dismantle  destructive regulatory policies, provide a freer environment for businesses to prosper, and work productively with the impressive young turks in Congress valiantly struggling to wield the big knife. 

And, yes-  Christie, Daniels, Barbour, Bachmann, Ryan, Rubio, West, Pawlenty and Perry are special and talented and capable administrators, but  it is critical to the survival of the country  that they maintain control of their individual jurisdictions. Their jobs are important and they, at this juncture in history, are not immediately replaceable. 

Plus- no small thing- a Romney presidency would gift us with the lovely Ann as America's First Lady; a true lady, who has always liked her country and would never torment us for ordering the fries.