Nothing is official yet, but at some point everyone’s going to have to admit that former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has the Republican presidential nomination in the bag. After what seems like the longest primary in the history of ever (please can it be over yet?), GOP voters are looking forward to seeing whom Mitt picks for his running mate.

Let’s look at some of the potentials, shall we?

After President Obama’s budget didn’t get a single vote in the House of Representatives last week, you’d think that he’d get to work on coming up with something that wouldn’t get voted down by even Nancy Pelosi, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and the guy that thinks Guam is going to tip over.

Instead, the President took to the airwaves today to lambast Congressman Paul Ryan’s ‘Path to Prosperity’ budget, which passed the House several days ago by a count of 228-191. Ryan’s plan slashes trillions in spending over the coming decades, lowers deficits, and reforms Medicare.

It would be hard not to notice the recent spike at the pump. My initial reaction when I was handed a receipt for the $59 it cost to fill up my tank was: I'm glad I'm driving a small, clean diesel car that gets outrageous gas mileage.

Having said that, I may still try to organize my day differently so I am a little more efficient when I do have to drive.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard about the death of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed 17-year-old kid who was shot at close range by George Zimmerman while he was on neighborhood watch duty. The media has had a heyday with this, demanding justice for Trayvon. Even President Obama hopped on the Trayvon train, saying, “… if I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon,” and raising money for his reelection by selling hoodies.

Rand PaulKentucky Senator Rand Paul has introduced a federal budget for the 2013 fiscal year. “A Platform To Revitalize America,” introduced with co-sponsors Senators Jim DeMint and Mike Lee, would eliminate the deficit within five years and is supported by all 47 Senate Republicans.

Reminder: It’s been over a thousand days since the Senate Democrats have passed a budget, and President Obama’s proposed budget would add almost a trillion dollars to our debt next year alone. And it doesn’t even make an attempt at reforming Social Security or Medicare, which are horribly broken and riddled with riddled with fraud. 

I’m a newcomer to all this myself but it seems to me, Super Tuesday is a little bit like a pit stop at a race track, where you can see what’s dragging you down, tweak, and re-launch. And if you do it right, that re-entry might give you exactly the momentum you need to clinch it.

Wednesday morning, Mitt Romney was probably wishing that delegates were still awarded on a winner take all basis. Because they’re not, Rick Santorum is actually going to get a big chunk of the delegates even in states he didn’t win. What he didn’t get was a big chunk of Catholic votes. Catholic voters, one of the biggest groups of swing voters, have consistently voted for Romney in state after state.

Jim MessinaLast week, President Obama’s reelection campaign manager Jim Messina sent a fundraising letter to Obama’s supporters targeted at Mitt Romney. The letter stated that Romney was scheduled to speak to Americans for Prosperity -- a group that Mr. Messina claimed was funded by the billionaire Koch brothers -- and could everyone please chip a little to the Two Term Fund? Also in the letter was a claim that the Kochs make millions by jacking up prices at the pump, that they bankroll Tea Party extremism, and are committed to ‘destroying’ Barack Obama.

Side note: Where is all of this Tea Party funding I’ve heard about for the last three years? I’ve been actively involved with the movement, and I have yet to receive a single check from the Koch brothers.

Mitt Romney currently has more money than 99.9 percent of all Americans. If he were elected, Romney would earn the title as the second wealthiest of all American presidents second to John F. Kennedy. Kennedy had an estimated net worth of $1 billion, but that didn't stop him from becoming our nation's second most favored president. I think that Americans are not that superficial to put money before quality and character.  

So why is Romney not doing so well in the polls these days?