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Romney Aims to Medal in Iowa
December 31, 2007 11:05 AM
ABC News' Matt Stuart Reports: Three days out from Iowa, Mitt Romney feels confident he'll be on Iowa's medal stand come Thursday night.
Romney, R-Mass., who often cites his role in salvaging the scandal plagued 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, told reporters on Monday, "I'll get either the gold or the silver."
The "confident" former Massachusetts governor seems to be aiming for gold, however, saying "I think I'm going to win."
Until very recently, Romney has claimed only that he'd "like" to win Iowa, but refused to speculate.
"I've got the secret data no one has seen," Romney joked when asked about the source of his recent confidence.
Speaking in Bellevue, Iowa, Romney began his comments by speaking about his own set of guidelines regarding pardons and commutations as governor, and criticized former President Clinton's policies, "[I] wish in the Clinton years that policies of his nature had been promulgated and followed."
Romney frequently criticizes former governor Mike Huckabee, claiming his chief rival in the Hawkeye State issued 1033 such pardons and commutations during his tenure in Arkansas.
Romney and Huckabee have traded increasingly sharp barbs on the campaign trail. But, out with a new ad on Monday, Romney pledged a more positive campaign.
"I'm running a positive campaign. Of course I'm gonna talk about differences on issues. How in the world could you have a campaign where you didn't talk about the differences between different candidates?" Romney asserted. "People wouldn't know where they lined up. But I'm not making personal attacks."
In a strange twist, Huckabee on Monday pulled his own negative ad which would have attacked Romney's honesty in the closing days leading up to the Iowa caucuses.
Read all the latest from the campaign trail -- Iowa to the ABC News/Facebook debates and onto New Hampshire -- every morning in The Note.
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Gold Medal for Mitt all the way!!!!
Posted by: Dennis | Dec 31, 2007 12:55:41 PM
Romney was on the Board of Damon Corp., which got caught for defraud Medicare over a $$100M. FRAUD
Romney was a top internal auditor for Marriott, and signatory for Sodexho Marriott when the corporate culture created a massive discrimination lawsuit, and major anti-union tactics that included "Union Avoidance Manual."
Romney fully approved funds for Planned Parenthood - an abortion clinic in Massachusetts (Boston Globe - Dec.29)
Romney's own hometown newspapers in New England have actively promoted other candidates, particulary John McCain who swept the NH Press and Boston Globe
Posted by: RickeyMikey | Dec 31, 2007 3:08:55 PM
Mitt has promised to protect us by continuing torture. He is right to ignore international law and U.S. law, just like Bush.
Obviously, there is nothing wrong with detaining people for six years on any assertion by the government in order to protect us from the terrorist, right?
We must continue to refuse to provide any adequate mechanism to allow suspected terrorist to challenge the goverment's assertions. They have no rights, since the govt. (Bush) is never wrong.
We must protect our country from the terrorists even it it means arresting Americans, and not providing them haebas corpus, the right to an attorney and to face their accusers.
Yep, Mit believe in the Christian doctine of pre-emptive war, stike first, adn let's attack IRAN.
Mitt is right, he has certainly demonstrated those Christian / Mormon values.
Anyhow, who cares if has flip flopped on all the major issues, he's is good looking and has $250 million to buy the election. What else do I need to know?
Posted by: greg | Dec 31, 2007 7:03:46 PM
Mitt was caught in an outright lie the other day by Anderson Cooper on CNN. Seems, Romney had stated twice, that he "saw" his father march with Martin Luther King, yet that never happened!
When they asked Romney about it... his response was Clintonian... saying I meant "saw" in another sense, like his father was with the civil rights movement.
A large portion of the country may not vote for Romney due to his faith, but that's a low issue. Romney cannot answer difficult questions with a direct answer, unless he has his attorney present.
And in the debate, he said he had to consult with his attorneys first, whereas, Ron Paul had the right answer, the constitution outlines the proper procedure. Only Congress can declare war.
The last thing we did is another war mongering chickhawk who is not a veteran. Vote for a Veteran who is honest and has integrity, vote for Ron Paul.
Posted by: greg | Dec 31, 2007 7:31:06 PM
Huckabee has shown his stripes when the reporters got to see his devious ploy on the attack ad-- to win at all cost. We need to be paying attention to Huckabee's deeds and not just his words. He is definately NOT suitable for President of the United States of America! He was not the jokester at this press conference but he was THE JOKE.
Mitt Romney is the real deal! He has run a very competent and fair race and will make a great president! Go Mitt!
Posted by: nancy | Jan 1, 2008 9:39:06 AM
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