Mike,
I cannot comment on the events in your state government, but state to federal is like apples & oranges in approach. As I said before, the key to a good president is having someone who's smart enough to know that they don't know everything, and having enough charisma to convince industry leaders to invest their time to make things better. My hope is that as a successful business man, Romney has enough moxy to put together a good team, and then that he's smart enough to listen to them. Will he be the next Reagan?? I don't even have a hope for him to be that good, but if he's half as good he'll be ten times better than what we have now.