Mitt Romney deserves Nevada’s support

The longtime businessman, former governor of Massachusetts and Salt Lake City Olympics chief won Florida’s Tuesday primary in a rout, and as a result he has a commanding lead in the party’s delegate count.

As he should — he’s the best candidate in the field.

This year’s presidential election will be a referendum on the current administration’s economic policies and the fiscal health of the federal government. During his three years in office, President Barack Obama has piled up annual trillion-dollar spending deficits and run the national debt past 100 percent of GDP. The millions of “green” jobs the president promised haven’t materialized. And the president himself has acknowledged that his many interventions in the housing market haven’t worked.

Mr. Romney understands the conditions businesses need to grow and create jobs — a predictable tax structure and less-burdensome regulations among them — and he understands that unrestrained spending by the federal government is a threat to global economic stability. He says the best way to increase tax revenues is to get Americans working again, get billions of investor dollars off the sidelines and back into the markets and grow the economy again. President Obama’s plan? Raise taxes on the rich and punish industries the Democratic Party base doesn’t like.

Mr. Romney is the only remaining GOP presidential candidate who has spent his life outside Washington. The last thing this country needs is a president who’s part of the Beltway culture. Mr. Romney is also the only remaining GOP candidate who can defeat President Obama in November.

Today’s caucus is not like a typical election. It requires a bit more time, and it requires that you meet with your neighbors and listen to arguments for each of the candidates. The process is worth the effort.

The nation is watching.