The American Spectator

br> — Ken Shreve /p>

You make the very large assumption that Romney would sacrifice principle for process. On the contrary, if you get the most correct information available, good advice from many sources then you are able to apply your principles to the best solution for a particular problem with the best possible outcome. Will you make mistakes? Yes, but the odds of success are greatly increased. Maybe, if Bush has had better information and better advice, the war in Iraq would have been over much sooner or we would have not invaded in the first place.

If you have other problems with Mitt, that’s fine but your argument is as silly as the one I heard the other day that Mitt is too good looking and too smart!

p>We need a President that uses actual thought process in lieu of listening to polls or gut instinct alone. br> — Pam C. br> Missouri /p> p> Mitt Romney’s political problems with Evangelicals are not largely based upon religious differences but upon the uneasy feeling I get that he would be more than willing to sell out my principles if he thought it would get him one step closer to the White House. You know, kind of like Hillary. br> — Jeff Seyfert /p>

I appreciate the concern that Jeffrey Lord expresses, however I would assume that Mitt Romney is at least as smart as I am and the first thoughts that came to my mind were: 1) Just because Romney says he likes to gather as much data as possible to help make a decision doesn’t mean he is not also influenced by principle; and 2) The experiences of Lincoln and Reagan, along with others, are part of what make up “the data” that Romney would look to. Who hasn’t read Profiles in Courage?