Romney's WHO Interview
Mitt Romney did an interview with channel 13 news, WHO, a subsidiary of NBC, on February 27, and this is the basic idea from the interview.
Channel 13's Dave Price One-on-One with Mitt Romney February 27, 2007 -- What happens if you want to be president and your hair's too perfect and you're trying to separate yourself from the current president by showing your quote, intelligence? The Boston Globe reports those are some of the secretive details found in a powerpoint presentation from republican candidate, Mitt Romney's campaign.The campaign won't confirm whether the powerpoint's legit. Mitt Romney is. He's the former governor of Massachusetts, a Mormon with five kids and ten grandchildren.
He proposed to his wife during his senior prom. Romney once worked at Fisher Control in Marshalltown and says Rube's Steakhouse in Montour is among his favorite places to eat. He also headed the organizing committee for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
Romney says he never imagined getting involved in politics, but he saw his dad do it. He saw his mom get involved later in life, but he was involved in business. Today Willard Mitt Romney is in the business of politics, just like his dad.
George Romney unsuccessfully tried to go from governor to president in the 60's. Mitt hopes for a better outcome. He got an early start. Romney's among the first to air political ads to introduce himself to Iowa. He even taped them surrounded by Iowans in Iowa.
Romney explains his belief system, "Well, you know what you believe. Experience sometimes changes your perspective on a particular issue or a particular bill. Sometimes, you find the things you fight for don't work like you hope they would. But your fundamental principals remain the same."
Among his principals he takes with him campaigning is his faith.
"I think people of faith in this country, a land which has great potential for all of its citizens. I think our faith gives us a perspective that we're all children of a creator and that if anyone is left behind or discriminated against that that's something we should correct."
So what happens when he's out campaigning and meets someone who doesn't believe?
Romney says, "I don't try to distinguish people based on their faith or lack of faith. Instead I look at what they're contributing and supporting this great land and our citizens."
Romney says campaigning's fun, especially in Iowa where citizens are just more focused on the candidates than the average state.
Romney's wife, Ann, has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. They're both active in raising money for a cure.