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Romney: Iraq War has been Mismanaged. [Omaha World-Herald, 3/23/07]
Romney: I Would NOT Presume to Do it Differently from Bush, We MUST Finish in Iraq. [O'Reilly Factor, FNN, 9/27/06]

Romney: I Believe that Abortion Should be Safe and Legal; I Support Roe v. Wade. [New York Times, 10/26/94]
Romney: Every Vote I Took Has Been in Favor of Life. [Charlotte Observer, 4/15/07]

Romney Refused to Publicly Endorse Bush Tax Cuts. [Boston Globe, 4/11/03]
Romney: Make Bush Tax Cuts Permanent. [Detroit Economic Club speech, 2/7/07]

Popular with Everyone Named Bush
Fox's Hume: Romney has Support from Bush Family. Fox News anchor Brit Hume stated it was clear that Romney was earning support from the 'Bush Family.' Think Progress cited Fox News transcripts to report, "'I think some of the Bush family do support Romney, I think that's pretty clear,' remarked Fox's Brit Hume." [Think Progress, 1/27/08]

Romney-McCain: Not the Kind of Leadership We’d Want, Either
Romney: McCain's Record "Is Not Of The Kind Of Leadership You'd Want To Have." Romney said, "And frankly, being a committee chairman is not leading a great organization or making great things happen. And for that matter, you know, what's happened in Washington in the last 25 years? Have you seen the kinds of results that America wanted? Did they get the job done? Unfortunately not. So if he has been a leader, where has it led us? Look at his legislation. McCain-Feingold, that hurt our First Amendment rights? McCain-Kennedy, that was granting amnesty to 10 million illegal aliens? And then now, McCain-Lieberman, that wants to put a huge tax, effectively, on American gasoline buyers and rate-payers? His record is not of the kind of leadership you'd want to have." [CNN, Late Edition w/ Wolf Blitzer, 1/27/08]

Romney Could Show McCain How the Economy Works...
Romney: McCain Lack Of Knowledge On The Economy Is "A Real Problem." Romney said, "But he doesn't want to talk about the economy, because frankly he has pointed out time and again that he doesn't understand how the economy works. And right now, that's the biggest issue that voters here in Florida are concerned about. And they want somebody who does understand the economy. And having him time and again say, I don't understand how the economy works, I have got to get a V.P. that will show me how it works, that's a real problem for him." Speaking in Florida, Romney said, "There's another guy running on our side, Sen. McCain -- he's a good man, he's a hero -- but his views on the economy, well, I think are sort of summed up by his own statement that it's not really something he understands that well. He's said that a couple of times." [CNN, Late Edition w/ Wolf Blitzer, 1/27/08; Romney Event (Sanford, FL), 1/28/08]

...But Who’s Going to Show Romney How the Economy Works?
Romney's Economic Record As Governor Is Shaky At Best. Boston Globe business columnist Steve Bailey wrote, "Since January 2003, when Romney took office, through the end of last year Massachusetts ranked 46th in job growth, up just 1.1 percent. In the last year, the gap between Massachusetts and the nation has widened, with the state's employment rising only four-tenths of 1 percent, or less than a third the national average of 1.3 percent. That put Massachusetts tied for 44th in the country. If all things in life are measured against expectations, Romney will have a particular problem explaining away the economy. He was going to be our CEO Governor, the state's top salesman who could talk businessman-to-businessman and bring home those good-paying jobs. It was all bunk, of course. But he said it, and he will have to live with it. There are 40,000 fewer people in the workforce than when Romney took over." [Boston Globe, column, 2/15/06]