7. House Support for Romney

Recently the House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have taken steps to support the Republican candidate Mitt Romney, pushing other conservative representatives to back Romney. However at a conservative House gathering, representatives did not show much enthusiasm towards Romney's potential as president and mainly just wanted to kick the Democrats out. 

At one point Idaho Republican Rep. Labrador mentioned Romney "needs to reach out to every one of us who is sitting at this table and to all the conservative leaders throughout the United States to make sure he's not just speaking to a few select groups, but that he's speaking to the grassroots". This reflects what we've learned about in Executive Branch chapter of our textbook. The presidential candidate must rally support first from his base states where 55% or more vote in the favor of Romney's republican party. Connections and experience are also important factors of a successful candidate. Therefore gaining Boehner and McConnell's support is a huge advantage (in the textbook we learned that the House Speaker is the most powerful position in the House of Representatives and Senate Minority Leader position has some influence too). 

The view that some of the representatives see Romney reflects using the presidential position as a chess piece in order for the party as a whole for benefits. This ultimate goal to get Obama and his Democratic views out of controlling executive branch decisions makes the average voter feel less confident in Romney's capabilities as president. He will just be used as a pawn to facilitate conservative Republican Congress decisions. Although Romney may be taking this approach of conservative views to gain votes from Congress and change some policies if elected to office, I don't believe the lack of enthusiasm from representatives will motivate voters to take time out of their lives to support Romney. 

On the other hand, Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan sees that Romney is passionate about what he stands for and you can see there is a genuine concern about the well-being of our country. These types of views about Romney will lure voters, especially those not affiliated with a political party, to abandon voter apathy and support Romney. 

Sources:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/17/house-conservatives-appear-ready-if-not-excited-to-support-romney/