Mitt: Win This One for Dad

At one point in the 1968 Presidential election, the most likely Republican nominee wasn't Richard Nixon nor Nelson Rockefeller, but Michigan Governor George Romney, father of the year's GOP nominee. The elder Romney was a well respected former auto manufacturing business leader who had a strong shot at the nod...

However, with his campaign beginning to sink against the tide of Nixon's resurgence in the primaries, Mitt's father made one of the worst political blunders in American history - accusing our Generals of brainwashing him to support the Vietnam war... Needless to say, his campaign floundered almost immediately afterwards.

Now, George Romney wasn't a bad fellow whatsoever... He was a self made man who came to both great power and wealth during his life, but couldn't help but moving with the great majority of the population on a unpopular war in the worst way imaginable.

Hell, not even Joe Biden has said anything that clueless...... Well, maybe he has, but picking on the insane is just too easy.

That's not the point though.

Tonight Mitt Romney will take the stage for the third and final debate against President Obama on the matter of foreign policy, where the incumbent has a perceived advantage because of his "successes" in the realm, but most of which are insignificant and are easily outnumbered by his actual failures. This is Romney's chance to show Americans he not only has the financial know-how to make us prosperous, but the wisdom to keep us safe.

I expect another solid debate performance, and if the issue of Libya remains as potent as the last debate, I believe he could win hands down if he knocks it out the park by calling the President out on his lies... But I also think there is another factor that will be weighing on Romney during his final debate performance.

His father.

Over four decades ago he worked on, campaigned for and strongly supported his father's presidential campaign, but watched them go down in a self-inflicted wound of epic proportions. Mitt idolized his father, and he himself has been running for President essentially since 2007, with his moment to succeed or fail just fifteen days away.

This election isn't just about winning for Mitt's sake, or for the ideology and proposals he will bring with him to the Oval Office, but for his father... the man he loved and watched fail to achieve Mitt's greatest dream...

So Mitt.... Win this one for dad. Lets finally enshrine the Romney name in American history...