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Subscribe to RSSThe AP previews Romney’s foreign-policy speech today: “Romney is proposing the U.S. take a more assertive role in Syria, put conditions on aid to Egypt and tighten sanctions on Iran as he looks to use a planned foreign policy address to paint President Barack Obama as a weak leader who has limited America’s influence on global affairs.”
Obama pre-buts Romney’s speech with an ad.
Romney has decided to open up, telling some personal stories on stage. Politico wraps the development here.
Trying to fix his Ohio problem, Romney’s up with a radio ad in Ohio using ex-Ohio Sen./Gov. George Voinovich calling him someone who “got things done by reaching across the aisle.”
Romney “has generated $12 million in online contributions, his campaign said, as well as a surge in volunteers and bigger crowds at his events," the Wall Street Journal writes.
House Speaker John Boehner campaigns for Romney in New Hampshire today.
Priorities USA goes after Romney on education.
Romney leads with military professionals 66-26% over Obama, the commander-in-chief, according to a Military Times poll. But the military has shown an affinity for Republican candidates. In 2008, McCain led 68-23% over Obama with the group. And this may tell you most: “The 3,100 respondents — roughly two-thirds active-duty and one-third reserve component members — are about 80 percent white and 91 percent male.” Notably: “Respondents rated the economy and the candidates’ character as their most important considerations and all but ignored the war in Afghanistan as an issue of concern.”
Over the weekend, the RNC and Romney campaign held a “Super Saturday,” where they say they made nearly 2.5 million voter contacts on a single day.
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Romney will announce he is supporting plans for American taxpayer money to go to people like Noriega and Osama Bin Laden.
Remember, the US spent tens of billions in taxpayer money bringing them to power. Eventually, taxpayers said it was wrong to spend more taxpayer money helping Bin Laden that was needed here at home.
Bin Laden and Noriega turned against America when we stopped giving them billions in taxpayer money.
President George H.W. Bush had to give the order to take out Noriega. Putting our military at risk.
President Obama had to give the order to take out Osama Bin Laden (decade after Bin Laden killed thousands of Americans).
Why Romney wants to support people like this is beyond me. Anyone with a brain knows you can't buy someone's love.
No Debbie, Willard wants to support the MIC the hell with our tax dollars and lives lost in an other war.
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His campaign said, the wall street journal said, the RNC said. Does anyone actually believe any of this as much as they've all made up so many numbers and stories before. Are they really stupid enough to believe if they tell these lies about how much money the campaign raised, how big the crowds are and how many calls they made it's going to make people vote for them? What this is all about is keeping their donors happy and giving them money (which by the way is just throwing money away) and keeping their base energized.
Romney: Mitt Romney claims the unemployment rate in Massachusetts fell during his tenure as governor, and that he created 40,000 jobs in his last year in office. LIAR!
The Reality: As the nation’s economy grew and the median income rose, under Romney, Massachusetts plummeted from 36th to 47th out of 50 states in job creation, and the median income declined.
Mitt Romney said-There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it. ... My job is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives." -Mitt Romney, in leaked comments from a fundraiser in May 2012 I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that's the America millions of Americans believe in. That's the America I love." –Mitt Romney (January 2012)
Romney is for Romney! Take a real good look at him like I did and if you have an IQ you will see that he do not care what happens about us nor are children. Things are getting better. It’s going slow, but look at the mess when Obama first day. Banks and every thing had no money. WHY?
There did all that money go to? I can only think of one place and one place only. People just like Romney. Even his own name has the word money in it. Just move the letter “M” over R_MONEY. RrrrrrrMONEY!
He is a liar, He is one of them. He never had to work a real job in his live. Please take a real good long look. Romney is a LOW LIFE!
Obama only needs 4 more years. give it to him.
you want more wars- vote for Romney. It won't be anyone in his family that's out there fighting-that's for sure. Check out Doonesbury today for a good chuckle.
For a man that is well-traveled, Romney has a shockingly underdeveloped sense of the world. If you want to be protected from the USSR, vote for Romney.
No America! The GOP/RNC "War Hawk and Chief" is not focusing on Foreign Policy. He does not have a Foreign Policy of his own. The GOP/RNC "War Hawk and Chief" will be using the rules of the "Bush Doctrine." It is that simple.
I guess Rmoney thinks foreign policy is like his magic underwear, all you have to do is wash it and the stench goes away.
MitipediA Sayy the definition of Mitt these days is, speak loudly and and don't bring a stick. As soon as the Fundraisers were over His Vagina opened up and his Heart fell out. Now he may ride to the debates with Obama. Hope two men with same beliefs would still be judged equally.... I don't think so Obama is still a better man.
The problem with Romney is you have to truly and honestly believe he's a liar to vote for him. Conservatives believe he is lying now to get elected even though his past record is at times consistent with the "new" Mitt. Moderates have to believe he was lying when he was throwing red met to the base in the primaries, but those statements were consistent with his choice of Ryan as V.P.. And as he distances himself from Bush, his campaign is built around Bush advisers. It's not just not knowing what Romney really believes himself or stands for, but that whatever you think that is could change overnight depending on whatever group he is then talking to.
Anyone voting for Romney is voting for a man they believe to be a pathological liar. That isn't just bad judgement. It's very scary to think of someone with no backbone to speak of being in charge of anything. The only thing that Romney has ever consistently been for is whatever was good for Romney himself. So add Narcissism to being a pathological liar and a total lack of knowledge on foreign policy and being out of touch with regular people and it's surprising how he can be anywhere above the 40% of so that would vote a dead man into the office if he was a Republican. I only hope people take the time and actually do the math to learn how much more they will pay in taxes and and how much out deficit will grow under Romney's plan and how many more of us will fall through as more safety nets are done away with.
A Romney/Ryan administration would be the worst choice we could make and the long term effects will be devastating for everyone except the very wealthy for decades to come if we every recover. It truly could be the end of America as we know it and the end of America as a the great nation respected worldwide.
Romney just believes he is entitled to be POTUS.
He has been brought up to believe it in his core, and is truly the "well-oiled weather vane" Huntsman nailed him to be.
OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
If Mitt's performance in England, Poland and Israel this summer is any indication of his foreign policy prowess, he should leave that job up to fellow party member Palin.