Jeb Bush Makes It Official

Just after Mitt Romney made his acceptance speech in winning the Illinois GOP primary by 12% over Rick Santorum and by 40% over Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul, something very important happened.
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush announced that he is supporting Mitt Romney for the GOP nomination for president and said that it is now time to stop the primary battling and get on with the real job - defeating Barak Obama and his desastrous economic and social programs.
Very important? Very.
Jeb Bush is the son of former President George Bush, who, along with his wife Barbara, had already endorsed Romney. That leaves only George W. Bush on the outside about Romney and surely he will follow his family sooner or later.
So, Romney now has Jeb Bush, Donald Trump, Chris Christie, John McCain and several other big-name Republican supporters. And, you can bet that in the coming several days and weeks, many more will follow.
Gingrich and Santorum can talk all they want about toughing it out until August and having a "conversation" with Romney about brokering the nomination...it isn't going to happen.
There will be no brokering at the convention. There will be only Romney going in with the delegate votes he needs to win on the first ballot. The GOP candidate will be Mitt Romney.
If you need further proof about this, watch the White House and Obama's campaign spokespeople. They will forget about everyone except Romney and come after him full throttle on every issue they can muster, starting with RomneyCare.
But, this time, it'll be different. Because with the pack off his back, Romney can go back to being Romney. That means he'll come out swinging against Obama on economics and also start moving a little to the center to attract the moderate GOP and independents, who were basically left out of the Santorum-Gingrich inspired primary social issues campaign.
The GOP has survived. It wasn't sure for awhile, but the Grand Old Party has come to its senses and will have a real shot at taking the White House in November.