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Mitt Romney makes it official – He’s in for a 2012 White House bid

Mitt Romney: It's his turn

Newscast Media HOUSTON, Texas — It’s official. Mitt Romney announced his 2012 White House bid in New Hampshire on Wednesday, and said his first priority will be improving the ailing US economy by making America the world’s top job creator.

“Barack Obama has failed America,” Romney said, “When Barack Obama took office, the economy was in recession, and he made it worse.”

“This president’s first answer to every problem is to take power from you. … And with each of those decisions, we lose more of our freedoms,” Romney said.

“I’m Mitt Romney and I believe in America. And I’m running for president of the United States,” Romney said to cheers on a sunny farm here in Southern New Hampshire.

Coincidentally, Sarah Palin was also in New Hampshire on her “One Nation” bus tour. In regard to Mitt Romney’s healthcare bill he signed into law that his opponents plan to use against him, Sarah Palin said, “He makes a good argument there that states’ rights and authority and responsibility allowed in our states makes more sense than big centralized government telling us what to do,” Palin said.

“However, even on a state level and a local level, mandates coming from a governing body — it’s tough for a lot of us independent Americans to accept because we have great faith in the private sector and our own families, and our own businessmen and — women making decision for ourselves, not any level of government telling us what to do.”

Romney does have the advantage that no other candidate has – the media wants him to be president and will probable run a favorable coverage for Romney.

He also has a proven track record of building businesses into multimillion entities, something Barack Obama lacked when he ran in 2008.

Most importantly Romney is an effective fundraiser who recently raised over $10 million in 24 hours. His ground game and foot soldiers will serve him well, since he seems to be the most organized of all candidates. In 2008, Barack Obama relied on the group ACORN to help mobilize the grassroots. Romney has had over three years to build an infrastructure that will help him get out the vote.

Meanwhile, Mike Huckabee who said he wouldn’t run for the presidency, said he is having second thoughts and might change his mind. If Mike Huckabee does run, it is speculated that he would be running as a “spoiler” to derail Romney.

One thing is for sure, the GOP seems to have already made up its mind that Mitt Romney is the man they would like to see nominated, to run against Obama.

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Democrats unleash first 2012 attack ad against Mitt Romney

Newscast Media — Mitt Romney, the likely Republican nominee for 2012, is a formidable player and the Obama administration recognizes that too. The Democrats have already released an attack ad targeting Romney, as Obama readies himself for his 2012 re-election campaign. Several critics have compared
Romneycare to Obamacare, even though Romney has clearly differentiated his plan from Obamacare.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s announcement that he won’t be running for the presidency is a plus for Romney. It is still unclear whether Sarah Palin will be running in 2012. The good news for Romney is that Donald Trump will not be running, since together with Huckabee both had tapped into Romney’s voting pool. Romney’s spokesperson said the ad is part of a “smear campaign” and shows Democrats are trying to shift attention away from high unemployment nationally.

“President Obama and his team are desperate to change the subject to anything other than jobs and the millions of Americans out of work,” Andrea Saul, a spokeswoman for Romney’s presidential exploratory committee, said in a statement.

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Mitt Romney Answers Questions About Religious Faith Issue

Newscast Media HOUSTON, TX — Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney explains why voters should not elect or reject candidates for office based on their religious faith. In 2008 Romney’s religious faith was raised, and now, there is a consensus that he has successfully put that issue to rest once and for all. There is no doubt that Romney will be running again for the presidency, but he has said the announcement will not come until after February 2011.

The issue now, that will plague Romney during his run for the presidency will not be his faith, it will be Romneycare. Because of how unpopular Obamacare is with Americans, I suspect that Romney’s healthcare plan will be used against him in 2011-2012, even though he has been all over the news networks explaining that his healthcare proposal and Obamacare are totally different. However, that will not deter his opponents from tying him to Obamacare the way John McCain was tied to the Bush policies.

Just as Romney addressed the “faith issue” he is going to have to address his “healthcare issue” before it turns into an avalanche he has no control over. Not diffusing it would give his opponents ammunition to use against him in the primaries.

Let’s just say for argument’s sake, or illustrative purposes, he manages to win the primaries, it will still not go away. Barack Obama has, on occasion, equated Obamacare to Romneycare, and in order to diffuse any argument that Romney might raise about Obamacare, Obama will attempt to tie his healthcare plan to Romney’s in an effort to prevent Romney or others in his campaign from condemning Obamacare.

I have imagined a make-believe debate between the two politicians sitting in a pub, regarding each other’s healthcare plans, and here is how I suspect their verbal tug-of-war would unfold:

Fictitious Debate Between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama On Healthcare:

ROMNEY: As an opponent of your healthcare plan Mr. President, I recently heard
you spreading a message around to the public, that Romneycare and Obamacare
are the same. If that were true, then why do you think I am a big advocate of
repealing Obamacare?

OBAMA: My esteemed colleague, it baffles me that you advocate against my
healthcare plan yet both our plans are very much alike. I presented this very plan
you oppose, to voters back in 2008, and they elected me president.

ROMNEY: If you continue along this path, history will not be kind to your
presidency.

OBAMA: Since Truth is the daughter of Time, I believe eventually, Historians will
find a way of correcting any inaccuracies about my presidency.

ROMNEY: You speak of truth, yet even your very own supporters burn with fury
over your broken promises.

OBAMA: I simply rearranged the nation’s priorities and to the casual observer, this
rearrangement might manifest itself as broken promises and so forth.

ROMNEY: There are several practical solutions to our current economic crisis that
are manifested in my book No Apology. If you read it, you might learn something.

OBAMA: What’s the use of penning words in a book, if you don’t implement solid
and permanent solutions?

ROMNEY: May I remind you that words, are more permanent than bronze.

OBAMA: But even if I read the words in your book and applied your solutions, you
would still run against me in 2012.

ROMNEY: That’s because a true warrior has the ability to decode the pulse of a
nation. Had you followed the principles I outlined, it wouldn’t have cost you the
House of Representatives and seats in the Senate.

OBAMA: The cost of people losing lives due to lack of healthcare outweighs the
cost of losing a few seats here and there.

ROMNEY: Rather than admit seats were lost due to a mass awakening by the
voters, you recently attributed your loss to ineffective delivery of your message.

OBAMA: I used the same license that poets and madmen use in delivering their
messages to the masses.

ROMNEY: But even poets and madmen exercise a certain level of restraint to
prevent massive blow-back from the public.

OBAMA: In public office, sometimes it is necessary to play by the exceptions and
not the rules.

ROMNEY: Well, I find your reasoning to be faulty and exceptionally absurd.

OBAMA: You’ll be surprised as to how many people are willing to entertain such
absurdities, my friend.

ROMNEY: Is that why you’ve plunged the economy into the deepest deficit in the
history of our nation?

OBAMA: That’s plausible, but deniable.

Mitt Romney setting the stage for 2012 presidential run

Mitt Romney

Newscast Media DAYTON, OHIO – Over the weekend, Mitt Romney was at the InfoTech 2010 conference shaking hands, posing for photos, sneaking an occasional chocolate turtle and promoting the candidacy of fellow Republican Rob Portman, the Senate candidate who is heavily favored to win his race Tuesday.

As Romney moved along the rows of exhibits at the InfoTech 2010 he said, “This is Rob Portman, he’s running for Senate,” as he introduced the former congressman to a group at one exhibit. “I’d love for you to vote for him.”

When asked about the possibility of running in 2012, he said, “I haven’t made that decision, I’m just working for this guy (Portman). Let’s get this guy in.”

Romney has been successful in keeping a low profile and has campaigned in 25 states since the summer, according to a list prepared by his staff. Just recently, he crossed the million-dollar mark in money contributed to other campaigns and candidates from his political action committee. The money has gone to 21 gubernatorial candidates, 25 Senate candidates, more than 200 House candidates and a slew of people running for state legislatures.

On Monday night, Romney will appear on “The Sean Hannity Show” on Fox News, which he hasn’t done much in the past few months.

“We’ve picked our spots all along,” said one Romney adviser, offering an insight into his boss’s thinking about appearing on television or at major events. “We only have him go out there when he has something interesting to say.” http://newscastmedia.com/mitt-romney.htm