New Mexico’s ex governor just may be getting ready to run for president in 2012. There have been plenty of rumors due to the launch of his recent 501(c)(3) organization called Our America Initiative and his new book titled, “7 Principles of Good Government”. However he has mentioned that he can not make an official statement due to the development of non-profit which restricts his ability to make statements on political campaigns. Johnson, as of recent, has been doing a lot of traveling around America and engaging in speaking events which has led many people to believe he might indeed run this election cycle.

Johnson won’t say whether or not he is running in 2012 and has been busy doing speeches across America while promoting his new book. His traveling has raised suspicion that is is intending on putting in a bid due to the fact he has traveled to key primary states. He has made three visits to Iowa and South Carolina, and six to New Hampshire.

Johnson appeared on Stephen Colbert’s show on May 10th 2010 which gave him a bit of bump, to paraphrase Stephen’s words. And since groups have been springing up over the country to urge a presidential run.

Through his non-profit campaign Johnson is raising the issues that America is facing today and speaking at events all over the country in order to create awareness. The first issue Johnson is facing is the overwhelming deficit America has accrued over the years. He believes this is not only a challenge, but one of the biggest threats to America. In an effort to reduce the deficit Johnson advocates we make cuts in spending to defense that fund overseas campaigns such as in Afghanistan. He argues further that if fighting and occupying Afghanistan didn’t work for the Russians it isn’t going to work for us and it will be at great cost.

Johnson says we can improve America’s economic status by focusing on three major components. Initially, he says, we need to stop spending so much money. He proposes that we make major cuts to programs of entitlement that have to do with medicaid, social security and medicare. The second thing we can do is create a flat tax on income and eliminate the investment & savings tax. The last component is to stop funding major corporations with tax dollars and take away the federal reserve’s grip on the economy.

Johnson’s most controversial topic is his stance on the legalization of marijuana claiming that it should be regulated and taxed by the American government in the same manner as tobacco. He is advocating for more drug reform of more serious drugs such as heroin and claims by criminalizing heroin we don’t address the problem of addiction. Instead of locking people up for more serious drug additions, we should look for treatment rather than wasting tax payers dollars on prison expense.

As editor in chief of republican2012.org, a Republican 2012 election website, Derek Thomas is also trying to build a republican base for the 2012 elections. Developing real news on the candidates is the ultimate goal to support the 2012 republican presidential candidates.

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