The guy inside...

Nearly every day when I shut down and turn off the voices of the harping shrews that demand agreement with them or else I am the devil - I am reminded of why I like so many things about so many of the GOP candidates. (Yes I do have my differences with them too!)

I was a fan early on from a distance with Governor Mitt Romney when as Governor he in nearly miraculous fashion got health care coverage for everyone in his state - and did not rely upon raising taxes to get it done.

His op-ed basically instructing other states on how to keep their state from redefining the institution of marriage in the Wall Street Journal was and still is a primer on the topic.

Reading Hugh Hewitt's book, A Mormon in the White House, (something most Romney critics haven't done) brought to me to see a side of this executive that few could see in news stories. He IS a problem solving wizkid.

But none of those little peeks into his life really compared to the man I feel like we've had the chance to come to know in recent months. His love for HIS family permeates his desire to help other families. His willingness to say publicly, "I had gotten it wrong on abortion," takes an understanding of one's self that few are ever able to admit. His brainiac strategy to win the nomination has been the best laid strategy of any of the candidates.

The times I have spoken with him in person and by phone for my show - gave me the raw in-your-gut feeling that this man is as genuine as he is smart. That his conversion on abortion is REAL and that there was never any conversion necessary on marriage - because the Camenker/Rios/Jackson train has been built on manipulations of truth - not evidence of it.

He is now in the fight for his life in Iowa, he is pacing very strongly in New Hampshire and in the midst of very emotional outbursts by his most ardent supporters, a speech on the practice of faith, and the feeling wrongly or rightly that his main rival was attempting to smear him through a question - Mitt gives this interview with Politico. It's endearing, it's a real man dealing humbly with his circumstances, and saying honestly - what will be will be.

It reminds me greatly of all the things I have come to appreciate about Mitt Romney and should he be the fortunate candidate to win the nomination - it gives us a peek into how the down moments on his watch might be handled.

These men are seeking the highest office in the land. Their testing to be fit for office SHOULD be excruciating... And it is refreshing to see the class of an individual who is up for the long haul and willing to not lose perspective in the midst of some of those tests...