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Romney Takes a Swing At Newt
 Mitt Romney...whose real first name is actually, no kidding, Willard, was governor of Massachussetts and is currently the front-runner for president on the Publican ticket. He is the son of the former governor of Michigan, George Romney, who himself ran for president after saving American Motors from failure, though not permanently. Romney's foot is in an ideological bucket because of Romneycare, a state-level experiment that should have been a warning against Obamacare if anyone had been paying attention. Romney's charisma is best defined as soporific, which is probably why he is leading the Publican field... , whose second-place finish in South Carolina's Republican primary on Saturday handed him his second defeat in three state contests, said the GOP could not take back the White House relying on a candidate who had waged a "frontal assault" on free enterprise -- a square shot at primary winner Newt Gingrich. Romney, who was trailing Newt Gingrich on Saturday night, used his concession speech to strike back at Gingrich's attacks for Romney's tenure at Bain Capital and reluctance to release his tax returns, questioning whether such criticism disqualified Gingrich for the party nomination. "Our party cannot be led to victory by someone who also has never run a business, and never run a state," Romney said. "We cannot defeat [Obama] with a candidate who has joined in that very assault on free enterprise." If his rivals joined Democratic attacks, Romney said, "They're not going to be fit to be our nominee." He added: "The Republican Party doesn't demonize prosperity; we celebrate success in our party." The former Massachusetts governor also deployed his standard criticism of President B.O., saying the next primary state, Florida, had suffered under Obama's policies. "We're now three contests into a long primary season," Romney said near the top of his concession speech. "We've still got a long way to go, and a lot of work to do. And tomorrow we're going to move onto Florida." Posted by: Fred 2012-01-22 |
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