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Mitt Romney: Republican

Government Positions: U.S. Senatorial Campaign, Gubernatorial Election, Governor of Massachusetts, 2008 Presidential Campaign, and his 2012 Presidential Campaign.

Home State: Detroit, Michigan

Brief Biography: Mitt Romney was born in Detroit. HIs father was the governor of Michigan. Romney later got married and had five kids. He became Massachusetts governor. He ran for president in 2008 and did not get elected to be the republican representative. Now, he decided to run again and has made it a tough time for Barack Obama ino the election.

==== Jobs and Economic Growth: Mitt Romney would rebuild the foundations of the American economy on the principles of free enterprise, hard work, and innovation. He would like to reduce taxes, spending, regulation, and government programs. He seeks to increase trade, energy production, human capital, and labor flexibility. ====

==== Foreign Policy: Mitt Romney would protect America and secure our country's interests and most cherished ideals. A Romney foreign policy will proceed with clarity and resolve. Our friends and allies will not have doubts about where we stand and what we will do to protect our interests and theirs. Neither will our rivals, competitors, and adversaries. Mitt Romney believes in fulfilling the promise of Lincoln's words and will defend America abroad in word and in deed. ====

==== Taxes: Mitt Romney would like to reduce and stabilize federal spending, but that will require fixing the nation's tax code to focus on jobs and growth. To repair the nation's tax code, marginal rates must be brought down to stimulate entrepreneurship, job creation, and investment, while still raising the revenue neededto fund a smaller, smarter, simpler government. ====

==== Health Care: Mitt Romney would like to issue and executive order that paves the way for federal government to issue Obamacare waivers to all fifty states. He will then work with Congress to repeal the full legislation as quickly as possible. Romney will pursue policies that give each state the power to craft a health care reform plan that is best for its own citizens. ====

==== Education: Mitt Romney would like to pursue genuine education reform that puts the interests of parents and students ahead of special interests and provides a chance for every child. He would like to take the unprecedented step of tying federal funds directly to dramatic reforms that expand parental choice, invest in innovation, and reward teachers for their results instead of their ownership. ====

==== Quotes: "Hope and Change had a powerful appeal. But tonight I'd ask a simple question: If you felt excitement when you vote for Barack Obama, shouldn't you feel that way now that he's President Obama? You know there's something wrong with the kind of job he's done as president when the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him." - Mitt Romney ====

==== "This president can ask us to be patient. This president can tell us it was someone else's fault.This presidnet can tell us that the next four years he will get it right. But this president cannot tell us that YOU are better off today than when he took office." - Mitt Romney ====

==== Intersting Facts: The Rommney family can be traced back to 17th-century Great Britain to William Romney, who served as lord mayor of London. In 1965, Romney was arrested for sliding down the slopes of a golf course on large blocks of ice. On January 8, 2007, Romney raised $6.5 million in a single day for his presidential exploratory committee. ====

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Mitt Romney Website: [|http://www.MittRomney.com]

Articles: [|CNN- Mitt Romney] [|New York Times- Mitt Romney] [|Wall Street Journal- Mitt Romney]

Political Observers Analysis: Political Observers believe that even though Mitt Romney is a strong and tough candidate, Barack Obama will win the majority of the swing states making him the president once again.