U.S. Senator Mitt Romney announced he would not run for reelection because he is at a crossroad with the Republican Party. Liz Cheney, who served in the U.S. House until her defeat last year is out of public office. Both are good people who served in office during Trump's term. Romney voted with Trump 75% of the time and Cheney voted with Trump 93% of the time according to political records.
Cheney has accomplished more than Romney because she served honorably on the January 6th committee. Both voted to impeach Trump. Both would have been better off being democrats and could have accomplished more for the country, its people and the people they represent. Although neither one has been politically opposed to the GOP's long standing personal attacks that began with Newt Gingrich, both are more moderate than the GOP is as a party. Both have demonstrated their ability to work with the democratic party.
This writer thinks they could have accomplished more as a democrat and the reasons why are spelled out in my PolitiDose commentary dated 3/19/21 titled, "Presidential leadership: The Economy and Fiscal Matters The Last 40 Years." The commentary says it all and does not have to be repeated here except to say it tells the story of democratic administrations that have accomplished all the GOP has talked about but never accomplished themselves.
Romney and Cheney should log onto that commentary and read it themselves, they just might agree and realize how little the GOP has accomplished in the last 40 years referred to. And when it comes to foreign policy, it should be remembered that President's Reagan and Bush came to office talking tough about terrorist, but the worst foreign terror attack against Americans on foreign soil took place on Reagan's watch in Lebanon when terrorists blew up the Marine compound killing 241 Marines. The planners were never brought to justice by the Reagan administration. And the worse foreign terror attack on U.S. soil took place on Bush 43 watch on 9/11 when terrorist toppled the world trade centers in New York killing over 2000 people. President Bush never brought Bin Laden to justice for that act but President Obama did bring Bin Laden to justice.
There is no doubt that Mitt Romney and Liz Cheney could have accomplished more as a democrat.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
