FYI: Mitt to speak at 9:15 pm est. tonight -- Go Mitt!!
Listening to Ann Romney, you’ve never heard a woman more at peace with losing. That’s because she’s a winner.
In brief remarks delivered at a reception Tuesday night at the St. Paul hotel here, the wife of former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney talked about the couple being better people because of the many Americans they were privileged to meet along the campaign trail. But, in a first-things-first kind of way, she started by talking about her children. She described how proud they are of their father, as Mitt was proud of his father — George, who was governor of Michigan, and also ran for president, in a far-from-easy race.
Mrs. Romney, standing luminous in a white suit with her husband looking on adoringly, spoke as one having more important goals than the White House, but one delighted to have made the sacrifices that an arduous and often unfair campaign requires — because it was unquestionably the right thing to do. She emanated a self-confident pride in what Romney 2008 represented.
Ann Romney’s big-picture perspective points to the grounding that keeps men and women able to be in politics but not of politics, and to take the unjust blows without despairing. And she stands as a reminder of the crucial importance of having that foundation before ever considering putting oneself and one’s family through what can be an ordeal of a campaign.
Kathryn Jean Lopez, NRO
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