It's Mitt Romney?

Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304587704577332061460605938.html?mod=WSJ_Election_LEFTSecondStories

This article published by the Wall Street Journal does a great job covering recent campaign activities by all three republican candidates. The most interesting of which is that Newt Gingrich has suspended his campaign, and all but said that Romney is going to be the nominee. The authors then offered information to support their claim, that now it was clear that Romney will be the nominee. Really? It took an organization like the WSJ this long to figure out that Romney was going to be the nominee. Political Scientists have been saying this since he threw his hat back in the ring, and was able to raise such large amounts of money.

One of the more troubling facts about this article is its lack of policy and substance review. Like typical media today the authors have focused on the "horse race" effect. By covering polls, delegate counts, and primary victories of all three candidates they have over looked the real issues the candidates have been running on. Now that some analysts in a backroom have 'called' the republican nominee they have begun covering the 'exit talk' of the other two candidates and focusing on the shifting of the campaign from primary to general election mode.

With both President Obama, and Gov. Romney throwing sharp barbs at each other this week, the November elections is bound to close and intense election.