Romney Report

Romney sheds a tear, gets standing ovation at Londonderry stop

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:17:18 -0500

Romney sheds a tear, gets standing ovation at Londonderry stop "The soldiers that I was with stood at attention and saluted. And I put my hand on my heart, and tears begin to well in your eyes, as you can imagine in a circumstance like that. I have five boys of my own. I imagined what it would be like to lose a son in a situation like that."

Romney unveils post-speech Iowa ads

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:39:10 -0500

The ad will begin airing today in Iowa, where recent polls show Romney falling behind former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee less than a month before the Iowa caucus. Huckabee is an ordained Baptist manager who has made inroads with religious conservatives. Great speech by Romney.... and Huckabee is really scaring me :(

ROMNEY: RUDY WON'T BE PICK

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:39:22 -0500

Asked if Robertson's declaration of support for Giuliani would help bring social conservatives to the mayor's candidacy, Romney deadpanned, "Not at all." He then slammed Giuliani with, "I don't think the Republican Party will choose a pro-choice, pro-gay civil union candidate to lead our party." he feels the same way I do.

Robertson backs Rudy despite abortion differences

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:32:18 -0500

Robertson said Wednesday he set aside his differences with Giuliani on issues such as abortion because he believes that fighting the war against terrorists is more urgent. I can not believe what I am reading. I am with him on fighting the war on terror is VERY important, but come on we have other issues as well. THE ABORTION issue is another war that we have been fighting for a long time. I would understand the endorsement if it came from a senator, but a religious figure backing Rudy even though he doesn't agree on ABORTION which is a key issue for Christians. Rudy has shown us time and time again for him the social issues don't matter, and Christian voters are the biggest advocates for them. To me Pat Robertson has sold out of his morals and I am very disappointed him.

Romney Has Stage to Self at RNC Event

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:00:14 -0500

Romney was the only leading candidate who addressed all the donors, the high-rollers and others who paid at least $1,000 to dine in the towering main room of the National Building Museum.

Romney Launches Tough-On-Terrorism Ad

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:02:21 -0500

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney aired a new television ad in Iowa casting himself as tough on terrorism, confronting one of the central themes of rival Rudy Giuliani's campaign. In the 30-second ad, the former Massachusetts governor vows to strengthen U.S. intelligence agencies, increase the size of the military by at least 100,000 troops and to monitor calls made to the United States by suspected al-Qaida associates. This is a very intelligent move on Romney's part because a common compliant is that he really doesn't portray and foreign policy skills, so now he is having this tough on terrorism ad which will hopefully help him out! [Update. Here's the add - Phil]

Five Brothers

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:41:54 -0500

As many of you know Mitt has five sons - all of whom are on the campaign trail. This blog is maintained by the Romney clan: Mitt, Ann, Ben, Josh, Matt, Craig, and Tagg and gives a very interesting view into the Romney world. It's updated fairly regularly and has lots of photos for those who prefer looking to reading. http://fivebrothers.mittromney.com/

Romney Wins Iowa GOP Straw Poll

Sun, 12 Aug 2007 01:22:54 -0500

Romney Wins Iowa GOP Straw Poll At the end of the day, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney took a step forward in his quest for the Republican nomination for president, easily winning the straw poll of party loyalists, taking 31.5 percent of the total votes cast for a total of 4,516. The results could provide Romney’s campaign with momentum going into the fall and almost certainly spells the end for one candidacy. "The people of this great state have sent a message to the rest of the country," said Romney. "Change starts in Iowa." “This important victory sends a signal to grassroots Republican activists across the country that we are working hard to earn their support, and that we are ready to begin the work of strengthening our economy, our military and our families,” Romney added in a statement issued by his campaign.

Romney - Behind the Scenes

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:03:40 -0500

Wow - this is one of the most interesting video clips I've ever scene. It gets very heated. (HT: Dean Barnett). Apparently this talk-show host taped Romney's radio interview without Romney's knowledge. Romney passionately explains his commitment to his LDS faith, his pro-life position, etc... a must watch. Update: My spelling error of "scene" was unintentional - but it's also slightly clever, so I'll leave it. The interview was with Mickelson at Iowa station WHO. Update 2: If you follow the url, you will note that this video was posted by the Romney campaign - they are embracing this video.

Keeping it Clean?

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:52:19 -0500

I just have to comment on a recent bit of news that Romney is planning to unleash a series of proposals that would combat pornographic pop ups on the internet. This seems like a slippery slope because it will automatically be called an impingement on free speech. Sure anyone would like to have a filter that keeps those nasty emails and pop ups away but how would that be done? Personally, I have had debates with porn lovers who can't stand the idea that porn would be restricted at all, they really freak out and start by shouting that their freedom of speech is being taken away. Even if the restrictions apply to kids and would be for parent's use. It's a little crazy. I haven't seen or heard what Romney proposes so this should be interesting when he gets around to it. He might be better off with hitting the war topic. In the meantime, Hugh Hewitt has a book on Mitt Romney and his presidential bid. I happen to like HH's other books and would think this book is worth perusing at least.

Romney Continues Assault on Democrats; and My opinion!! :)

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:55:36 -0500

"Hillary Clinton just gave a speech the other day about her view on the economy. She said we have been an on-your-own society. She said it's time to get rid of that and replace that with shared responsibility and we're-in-it-together society," Romney told the crowd. "That's out with Adam Smith and in with Karl Marx." After calling in sick from work, I was able to catch the democratic YOU TUBE debate. All they did was criticize the Bush Administration, and the republican party as a whole (as usual). One question was directed towards Hillary asking if she could categorized herself as a liberal and her response was that she considered herself a “progressive.” By definition progressive means: progressive (pr?-gres'iv) - A person who actively favors or strives for progress toward better conditions, as in society or government. Ok, so by definition technically the republican party are progressives because we want abortions banned, we don't want Gay marriages (the new fad) and keep traditional marriages sacred, we want to progress back to a smaller government like back in the Reagan times, and the list goes on and on. All in which our party the conservative party progress’ towards better conditions of society. The liberals can’t face that their “newly” found “glorified” terms for themselves is quite contrary to their beliefs. Also how can they create better conditions for society if these democrats believe in a society that lacks competition, capitalism, and the free trade. Hasn't history shown us time and time again that their flowery cooperative society (communism, cough cough) DOESN’T WORK!! In China, a communist country, changed their market to a free market and now their economy is BOOMING, and they are catching up to the U.S. which is another issue in itself but we won’t go there. So, I have come to the conclusion that democrats are full of it, they are spewing out rhetoric that sounds terrific but we all know it doesn’t work. Lol I can’t wait until we crush them in 2008!!!

Check this out!

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:54:21 -0500

Ok so I know I am suppose to be posting stuff about Romney, but how often can you post something about yourself. So I attended the CRNC (college Republican National Convention) and there was this film crew there that looked like a news crew. They started asking the boys in my group all about the War in Iraq and a whole bunch a questions. Well I was standing there with them until I finally told them that we all had to go. Yet they kept pushing to get the answers and now I know why. Take a look for yourself: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-blumenthal/generation-chickenhawk-t_b_56676.html Yup...Dems reporting undercover. What's even better are the comments this silly liberals have left about us. Geez they really need a life!! :)

PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:25:23 -0500

Protecting Our Children By Enforcing Our Obscenity Laws: Governor Romney Will Enforce Our Nation's Obscenity Laws. As President, Governor Romney will require the Department of Justice to enforce our existing federal obscenity laws and ensure that we prosecute producers and distributors of the worst-of-the-worst obscene materials. Even though the interstate trafficking of obscenity is illegal, federal obscenity laws have not been adequately enforced. To protect our children, we need to enforce our current laws.

Fred Thompson- Lobbyist took abortion-rights assistmnet

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:45:24 -0500

Former Tennessee Sen. Fred D. Thompson, who is campaigning for president as a "pro-life" Republican, accepted a lobbying assignment from a family-planning group to persuade the first Bush White House to ease a controversial abortion restriction, according to a 1991 document and five people familiar with the matter (link). During his first run for the U.S. Senate, Fred Thompson said in an interview to a libertarian Republican newsletter that the ultimate decision to have an abortion "must be made by the woman." Seems to me that everyone is questioning the wrong man (Mitt Romney) on his Pro-Life stance, we should be questioning Fred Thompson.

A Duel: Thompson and Romney

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:30:51 -0500

Romney, by contrast, treated the crowd to vintage Romney (link): a mix of enthusiasm and optimism with a heavy dose of policy. The speech was structured to compare the Democrats’ vision of change to his. He declared: “"To confront unprecedented challenges, we must change. Both parties claim to be the party of change, and I think both are right. But there's a big difference in the direction their change would take us.” While explaining the Democrats vision of change is a European economic model he set out his: “I have a different answer. Let's make the Bush tax cuts permanent. Let's kill the Death Tax. And let's have a new tax rate for middle income Americans who want to save their money, who are investing in America. The tax rate on their interest, dividends and capital gains should be...exactly zero!” This is at the Young Republicans convention in Hollywood, Florida. I had the pleasure of attending the Mitt Romney dinner to see him speak. He did a wonderful job and I was very impressed. I have been a strong supporter of Mitt Romney but after this speech I am completely sold on Mitt. I know he is going to make a fantastic president. His speech conveyed not only the republican platform, but the social conservatism in which I am a firm believer in. His speech wasn't only a "speech" he spoke with passion and with the wisdom this country needs. While Fred Thompson spoke the "red meat," I talked to several Thompson supporters and they all agreed his speaking skills are just not there. One even quoted to me "He will be a great Vice for Romney." So there is no duel, Thompson is a great guy, a great conservative but not the right man for the job. Btw, Romney won the Straw poll that night!! :)