By Rick Moore

Since President Barack Obama's approval rating peaked at 67-percent during his first week of office in 2009, Rasmussen shows that Obama has fallen off the ledge to an approval rating of 42-percent before stabilizing at a dismal 46-percent. More worrisome for the Democrats is his astonishing disapproval rating topping out at an overwhelming 53-percent. The average voter rejects the liberal policies of President Obama by displaying a fervent disdain for socialized healthcare and his insatiable hunger for spending taxpayer's hard-earned money during woeful economic times. Case in point, flash back to January 2009; our national debt was $10.6 trillion. President Obama's policies expanded the debt by $3.6 trillion in an unprecedented two-year period. According to The Washington Times, "the amount of future productivity being sapped from the American economy [$4.6 billion each and every day] would be sufficient to construct a new 160-story skyscraper [tallest building in the world - Dubai's Burj Khalifa] every day of the year."

Enter the Republican Presidential Primary…

George Romney told his son at a young age, "The pursuit of the difficult makes men strong." This phrase is so ingrained into Mitt Romney that he titled the first chapter of his book with the axiom. Maybe his father's proverb inspired Mitt to pursue a Bachelor of Arts in English from Brigham Young University, a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School (graduating in the top five percent), and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School (graduating cum laude in the top third of his class). He learned the fundamentals of free enterprise and economic freedom growing up as the son of the chairman and CEO of American Motors Corporation. However, Mitt struck out on his own in the business world, eventually founding the investment firm Bain Capital, launching or rebuilding hundreds of companies such as Staples, Domino's Pizza, and The Sports Authority.

There are many reasons to support Governor Mitt Romney. Of course, there are those who attempt to label him as a flip-flopper since he converted from a pro-choicer to a pro-lifer, as if an individual must maintain his/her initial position on an issue without regard for the consequences. Ronald Reagan, Congressman Henry Hyde, Ramesh Ponnuru -- a National Review writer, Ed Meese and Lyn Nofziger -- both Reagan staffers, Wesley Smith, and Fred Barnes -- editor of The Weekly Standard, all began as pro-abortion or were simply indifferent to the issue. Fred Barnes penned an article in 2006 explaining how these men changed their position concerning abortion. In Reagan's first year as California governor in 1967, the legislature passed the Therapeutic Abortion Act legalizing "therapeutic" abortions. Barnes describes the mood: "It was an issue Reagan hadn't thought much about and he was torn over whether to veto the measure." After signing it into law, Lou Cannon captures the consequences in Governor Reagan, "the bill permitted more legal abortions in California than occurred in any other state before the advent of Roe v. Wade." Signing this bill was the only political mistake that Reagan ever admitted. Henry Hyde was approached by another legislator to co-sponsor a pro-choice bill while a member of the Illinois state legislature before Roe v. Wade. Mr. Hyde was receptive to the legislation until he read the proposed bill. He never gave much thought to abortion until researching the consequences of the bill. Mr. Hyde eventually rejected the bill.

In a 1994 Senate race against Ted Kennedy, Romney stated that he was against funding for abortion, "except in cases of rape, incest or threat to the mother's health." The New York Times pointed out that Romney received "the Massachusetts Citizens for Life endorsement because he supported parental-consent laws, opposed taxpayer-funded abortion or mandatory abortion coverage under a national health insurance plan and was against the Freedom of Choice Act that would have codified Roe." In his 2002 race, Romney opposed partial-birth abortions when the legality was being considered. Romney did state that he would not try to change the abortion laws in Massachusetts with an 80-percent Democrat legislature. A pro-life advocate who had spent the last few years directing two programs for a non-profit pro-life organization stated: "Romney's pledge not to change abortion law was absolutely brilliant. The political realities of Massachusetts make pro-life policy victories virtually impossible in the heavily Democratic legislature. By refusing to change abortion laws, Romney launched a strategic effort to keep the commonwealth from further liberalizing abortion policy, including the age of parental consent proposal." Fast-forward to the 2012 Presidential Primary and liberal ABC News Debate moderator George Stephanopoulos attempting to trap Romney with a "gotcha" question regarding contraception and the right to privacy. "Do I [Romney] believe the Supreme Court should overturn Roe v. Wade? Yes. I do."

The Democrats also attempt to label Romney as a flip-flopper on health care. Some detractors say he will introduce Massachusetts's health care plan on a national stage. However, Romney says in No Apology, "The notion of getting the federal government into the health-insurance business is a very bad idea. Government-supplied insurance would inevitably be subsidized at great cost to the taxpayers and, combined with Medicare and Medicaid, it would give government the kind of monopoly we would never allow a private entity to claim…My own preference would be to let each state fashion its own program to meet the distinct needs of its citizens."

The Massachusetts Senate is made up of 36 Democrats and 4 Republicans while the House is composed of 128 Democrats and 32 Republicans. It's fair to say that each individual state is probably going to have different laws addressing issues of the day. The Oklahoma Senate is made up of 16 Democrats and 32 Republicans while the House is composed of 31 Democrats and 70 Republicans. New Jersey's complexion is 48 Democrats and 32 Republicans in the Assembly while the Senate is composed of 24 Democrats and 16 Republicans. It makes a difference of the type of legislation passed when a party has a veto-proof majority. Romney describes the maturation of Massachusetts' health care legislation in No Apology. The Massachusetts Senate President had made it a priority to get everyone insured. He liked the plan. But, Romney ran into obstacles in the House: "The Democratic-controlled House, on the other hand, insisted on adding a number of features, a process that took an entire year. When it was finished, we had a bill that retained the original vision, plus added features. Their bill was projected to add just over 1 percent to the state budget; we had calculated that mine would not have added any cost. So I vetoed measures I felt were expensive or counterproductive, but these were overridden by the legislature."

Is Mitt Romney the perfect presidential candidate? No. It's been said that you're not going to find the perfect candidate, unless it's Jesus Christ. Governor Romney is pro-life, pro-family, and is the best candidate to initiate policies that will provide an environment for economic freedom to flourish once again. He deserves the vote of the reddest state in the union.

Many Oklahoma politicians are endorsing Mitt Romney including former Gov. Frank Keating, State Treas. Ken Miller, State Auditor Gary Jones, state Sen. Brian Crain, state Rep. Paul Wesselhoft, state Rep. Guy Liebmann, state Rep. Lee Denney, former state Rep. Dan Sullivan, Ambassador Francis Rooney, former Sen. Floor Leader Jim Dunlap, former state Rep. Thad Balkman, former Republican National Committeeman Lynn Windel. (Also, 2008 supporter), former Republican candidate for Attorney General, Ryan Leonard, and Dan Keating.