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Mitt Romney for President 2008
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CampaignU.S. presidential election, 2008
CandidateMitt Romney
AffiliationRepublican Party
StatusAnnounced Feb. 13, 2007
Withdrew Feb. 7, 2008
HeadquartersBoston, Massachusetts
Key peopleBeth Myers (Manager)
Carl Forti (Political Director)
Matt Rhoades (Communications Director)
Alex Castellanos (Senior Advisor)
ReceiptsUS$88.5 (2007-12-31)
SloganTrue Strength for America's Future
Website
www.mittromney.com

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Template:FixBunching Mitt Romney was a Republican Party primary candidate in the 2008 United States presidential election. On January 3 2007, two days before he stepped down as governor of Massachusetts, Romney filed to form a presidential exploratory committee with the Federal Election Commission.[1][2] Subsequently, on February 13, 2007, he formally announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president in 2008.[3] On February 7, 2008, two days after his rival John McCain posted strong gains in the Super Tuesday primaries, Romney announced the suspension of his campaign.[4]

Romney was considered a top-tier candidate in his bid for the Republican nomination, despite hurdles such as low name recognition and questions about his Mormon faith. In a nationwide poll conducted on January 2, 2008, Romney was placed first among Republican voters nationally, and slightly ahead of Mike Huckabee in Iowa, although he lost to Huckabee the next day.[5] Romney followed up with his first win of the campaign season in the Wyoming caucus. Romney also won the Michigan and Nevada primaries, although he placed fourth in South Carolina. Romney partly financed his campaign with his own personal fortune, having contributed over $35 million of the $90 million raised by his campaign, as of January 31, 2008.[6]

Mitt Romney won the Michigan primary by 9 percentage points, despite losing that year's Iowa caucus to Mike Huckabee and the New Hampshire primary to John McCain, leaving the race up in the air. He had formerly won the Wyoming caucus, although it received little media attention. Mitt Romney has also won the Nevada Primary with 51 percent of the vote, with Ron Paul in second place and John McCain third. Romney then finished second to McCain in the hotly contested Florida primary, a result which gave McCain the lead in delegates and the status of "frontrunner" heading in to Super Tuesday.[7]

Pre-announcement events

Romney spent a considerable amount of time giving political speeches in key primary battleground states. Romney traveled the country during the 2006 election cycle to campaign for gubernatorial candidates as chairman of the Republican Governors Association, spending over 200 days outside Massachusetts.[8] While he did not run for reelection as governor, in 2004 Romney set up a federal political action committee (PAC) called the Commonwealth PAC,[9] which raised USD$2.71 million during the 2006 election cycle.[10][11]

While testing the waters for his campaign in 2005 and 2006, then Governor Romney was accompanied by Massachusetts state troopers on his cross-country trips. The cost of the Governor's security detail for out-of-state trips increased from $63,874 in fiscal year 2005 to a cost of $103,365 in the first 11 months of fiscal year 2006. Romney's use of state troopers for security during his campaign trips was criticized by former Governor Michael Dukakis, who never traveled with state troopers during his 1988 presidential run, and Mary Boyle of Common Cause who complained that "[t]he people of Massachusetts are essentially funding his presidential campaign, whether they like it or not."[12] A Romney spokesman noted that Romney did not accept a salary while he was Governor and that he paid for his personal and political travel, while the superintendent of the State Police pointed out that the Governor never requested the security and that the security detail followed the Governor on all trips in the post 9/11 world.[12]

On January 3, 2007, his next-to-last day in office as governor of Massachusetts, Romney filed to form a presidential exploratory committee with the Federal Election Commission.[1] Via the campaign committee press release announcing the establishment of the exploratory committee, Romney made it clear that it is a mere formality to announce a run for president, and that an announcement merely entails changing the name of the existing reporting entity, from "Romney for President Exploratory Committee, Inc." to "Romney for President Committee, Inc." and that money raised by the exploratory committee is the same account and entity as the money raised after any announcement, and of no consequence to the Federal Elections Commission.[13]

Republican primary campaign events

Mitt Romney surrounded by supporters during the Milford Labor Day parade in Milford, New Hampshire.

On February 13, 2007, Romney formally announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president in 2008. Romney made his announcement at The Henry Ford Museum of Innovation in Dearborn, Michigan.[14]

Romney held numerous "Ask Mitt Anything" sessions in his 2008 campaign. The first "Ask Mitt Anything" session was held on April 3, 2007, in Derry, New Hampshire, and his second the following day in Urbandale, Iowa.[15] The sessions were open forums that allow opportunities for locals to ask Romney questions pertaining to his views and policies.[15] Sessions were held in almost every state Romney visited, including locations such as town halls,[15] restaurants,[16] universities,[17] hotels,[18] and music halls.[19] In preparation for the Ames Straw Poll, Romney held a three-day, 14-city "Ask Mitt Anything" Iowa tour leading up to the poll.[20]

In June 2007, a section of a four-part series on Romney from the Boston Globe documented how during a family vacation taken in 1983, Romney strapped a kennel with his dog Seamus to the roof of his station wagon for the 12-hour trip from Massachusetts to Ontario. Presented in the articles as an example of Romney's ability to deal with trying circumstances, the incident received nationwide media attention when journalists and animal activists criticized Romney's strapping of the dog to the roof for a 12-hour summer trip.[21][22] Romney said that the dog had a windshield and he "jumped right in" and loved the ride.

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Romney at a rally in January 2008

On July 4 2007, the Romney campaign officially launched the "Mitt Mobile, A Five Brothers Bus", referring to Romney's five sons and his official campaign blog, Five Brothers. When asked why his sons were not fighting in Iraq, Romney replied that his sons were supporting America by riding from town to town in the "Five Brothers Bus," saying "One of the ways my sons are showing support for our nation is helping me get elected."[23][24] Romney later apologized and said he misspoke and that there is no comparison to the sacrifice that military persons make.[25] The RV, a Winnebago made in Iowa,[26] had a large map of Iowa on the back and a Romney family portrait on the side with the label "Mitt Mobile", "A Five Brothers Bus". The Mitt Mobile was planned to visit all of Iowa's ninety-nine counties . Each county was checked off on the large map on the back of the RV once it was visited.[27] On August 11, 2007, the Mitt Mobile visited Iowa's ninety-ninth county at the Ames Straw Poll.[28] The Mitt Mobile is planned to also tour Florida, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and other key primary states.[29] The Mitt Mobile has been a large success in attracting attention, and was even featured on Fox News' On the Record with Greta Van Susteren. Susteren interviewed Matt, Josh, and Craig Romney and toured and drove the Mitt Mobile.[30]

On August 11, 2007, Mitt Romney won the Ames Straw Poll.[31] He received 31.5% of the vote at the Straw Poll. Mike Huckabee came in second and received 18%, a larger margin than that of George W. Bush and Steve Forbes in the 2000 election, which had a margin of 10%.[32] However, by December 7, 2007, Romney had slipped behind Mike Huckabee in polls conducted nationally as well as in Iowa.[33]

In his "Faith in America" address, Romney claimed "I saw my father march with Martin Luther King." In a December 16, 2007, interview with Tim Russert, Romney repeated his claim that his "dad marched with Martin Luther King." An article published by The Phoenix on December 19, 2007, argues that while David S. Broder "references a 1967 book he co-authored on the Republican Party, which included a chapter on George Romney [...with] a one-line statement that the senior Romney 'has marched with Martin Luther King through the exclusive Grosse Pointe suburb of Detroit',” historical sources found by The Phoenix found no references to George Romney having marched with Martin Luther King and that it was unlikely that a Governor and former Presidential candidate would go unnoticed. The Phoenix also discovered that Dr. King did not visit Grosse Pointe until after Broder's book was published.[34] The Detroit Free Press reported on December 20, 2007 that the Romney campaign later asserted that when Romney made these two statements to a national audience about his father marching with King that he was "speaking figuratively, not literally."[35] Subsequently, The Politico reported that at least two witnesses did remember George Romney and King marching together.[36] and the Romney campaign put out a string of citations affirming to them appearing together and to George Romney's commitment to civil rights in general.[37] In November 2007, the New York Times reported that Mitt Romney had participated with his father in civil rights marches.[38]

Advertisements

Mitt Romney was the first candidate in the 2008 election to begin airing TV and radio advertisements, beginning in February 2007. His advertisements, most of which focus primarily on Romney's conservative credentials, have aired mainly in Iowa and New Hampshire, which experts credit with helping his early lead[39] in those and other early primary states. Romney's campaign advisors explained that their early advertisement push was to make up for Romney being relatively unknown compared to contenders Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, and Fred Thompson. On September 4, 2007, Romney was estimated to have spent $2 million in advertisements in Iowa and New Hampshire.[40]

In mid-August 2007, Romney began broadcasting advertisements in Iowa and New Hampshire that criticized what he called the sanctuary city policies of several cities. "Immigration laws don't work if they're ignored. That's the problem with cities like Newark, San Francisco and New York City that adopt amnesty policies." He went on to say, "Sanctuary cities become magnets that encourage illegal immigration and undermine secure borders." The New York Daily News termed the ad a "thinly veiled attack on GOP presidential rival Rudy Giuliani who is competing for conservatives who want a crackdown on illegal immigration."[41]

Romney, on September 5, 2007, began advertising in South Carolina, the early primary state where he was doing the poorest. During the second week of September, he expanded his advertising to Florida, showing the "Energy" ad which he debuted in Iowa and New Hampshire and also began showing in South Carolina. The ad features Romney jogging and highlights his career as governor of Massachusetts, running the Salt Lake Olympics, and the private sector.[42]

In late January 2008 the Romney campaign aired advertisements that cited McCain's calling Massachusetts Democratic Senator John Kerry "John Kerry is a very close friend of mine. We've been friends for years. Obviously, I would entertain it [a hypothetical invitation from Kerry to serve as his vice-president]." [43]

Campaign advisors

On June 22, 2007, news organizations reported that one of Romney's top campaign aides was being investigated for having possibly impersonated a state trooper in Massachusetts. Jay Garrity, director of campaign operations for Romney, was named in the investigation by state police. Garrity had been investigated three years earlier for possessing police equipment and lights, while he was an aide to Governor Romney.[46] The Associated Press also reported that the New Hampshire attorney general was opening an investigation into Garrity possibly pulling over a New York Times reporter in that state and saying that he had run the reporter's license plate. The Romney campaign denied the incident.[46]

Caucus and primary results

Main article: Results of the 2008 Republican presidential primaries

In the January 3, Iowa caucus, the first contest of the primary elections, Romney received 25% of the vote and placed second to Mike Huckabee, who received 34%. The result was seen as disappointing as Romney spent about five times more than the former Arkansas governor in Iowa and had banked on wins in both Iowa and New Hampshire to propel him to an overall victory.[47][48][49][50] Twelve of Iowa's delegates were awarded to Romney for his second place finish. Two days later, Romney won the Wyoming caucuses with 67% of the vote and the first delegate to the Republican National Convention by receiving eight of the twelve delegates for the state.[51][52] Three days after the Wyoming caucus, Romney placed second, gathering 32% of the vote to John McCain's 37%, in the New Hampshire primary and received four of New Hampshire's twelve delegates. On the day of the New Hampshire primary, Romney had reached a new high in support according to one daily tracking poll.[5]

On January 15, Romney won the Michigan primary taking 39% and 24 delegates.[53] He collected over 325,000 votes, more than any candidate in any primary up until that point. Romney gained another win in the Nevada caucus on January 19 with 51% of the vote,[54] but came in fourth in South Carolina primary with 15% of the vote.[55]

On January 29, Romney came in second to John McCain in the Florida primary. McCain gained 36% of the vote to Romney's 31%.[56] The race was contentious, with each candidate labeling the other a "liberal".[57] After Florida, McCain was the clear frontrunner for the nomination, and had the most delegates to the national convention heading in to the possibly-decisive February 5 Super Tuesday contests.[7] 21 states would hold Republican primaries that day.

On February 2, Romney won the Maine Republican Caucus with 52% of the votes. [58]

On February 4, Mike Huckabee one of Romney's rivals in the primary accused Romney of voter suppression, saying that Romney and his political surrogates should stop telling voters "a vote for Huckabee is a vote for McCain", Romney's other chief rival. [59] Huckabee also said Romney was being "presumptuous and arrogant" thinking his supporters would vote for Romney if Huckabee left the race.[60]

On February 5, Super Tuesday, Romney won in the Alaska, Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, and Utah caucuses and primaries. However, his chief rival, John McCain, strengthened his lead by winning Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, and Oklahoma.

Romney won 11 states primaries and caucuses, 4.7 million votes and 291 delegates.[61]

Presidential bid suspension and withdrawal

On February 7, 2008, two days after the Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses, Romney announced that he was suspending his presidential campaign.[4][62][63] He argued that a protracted battle between him and his GOP rivals would weaken the party,[64] that he needed to "…stand aside, for our party and our country",[4] and that "…in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign be a part of aiding a surrender to terror."[4] On February 14, 2008, Romney endorsed Senator John McCain as his choice for the GOP's presidential nominee, and urged his supporters to do likewise [4]

Delegate counts

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Fundraising

On January 9, 2007, Romney held his first fundraiser for his presidential campaign committee, bringing in $6.5 million,[citation needed] exceeding the amounts raised by other Republican Party contenders for the nomination; John McCain and Rudy Giuliani were reported to have raised $2 million and $1 million respectively. In Romney's 2002 run in the Massachusetts election, Mitt Romney contributed 65% of $9,456,557 raised for the Governor's race.[65]

First quarter results

On April 2, 2007, Romney's campaign released first quarter 2007 fundraising information. Romney led the Republican field by raising over $23 million, which was less than Democratic contenders Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, who reported raising $26 million and $25 million, respectively, in the same period. Romney also reported a $2.35 million personal contribution to his campaign committee. Romney, a former venture capitalist with significant personal wealth (at least $250 million)[66] and assets, had previously dismissed the notion of substantially self-funding his campaign but justified the expenditure in the interest of "seeding" interest in his candidacy.[67][68][69] Romney raised the most money from Wall Street of all presidential candidates during the first quarter, with $1.9 million raised.[70]

Meg Whitman, CEO of eBay, signed on as a financial co-chairwoman of his presidential campaign.[71] She is a former co-worker of Romney's at Bain Capital.

Second quarter results

On June 25, 2007, five days before the end of the second quarter of fundraising on June 30, Romney announced that he was again lending his campaign a significant amount of money.[66] He declined to say how much the second contribution would be, but that it was needed in order to run more advertising in battleground states. He said, "It would be nice not to have to loan or contribute to your own campaign.... If other people are making sacrifices, I sure have to as well. It’s not a dream come true. In some respects, it’s kind of a nightmare to write checks from your own bank account." Romney asserted that his campaign had already spent $3 million on television advertising in Iowa and New Hampshire since February 2007.[66]

When fundraising results from the second quarter were released, Romney had lent a total of $8.9 million to his campaign from his personal funds. From April to June, he spent $20.7 million, more than any other Republican candidate.[72]

2008 presidential campaign finance summary

As of September 30, 2007, Romney has raised $62,829,069 for his campaign for presidency. Private donors have given $44,485,017 toward his campaign, PACs have given $298,700, and no money has come from other sources. Romney himself has given $17,413,736 to his campaign. 62% of PAC contributions came from business groups, and the final 38% from ideological organizations. So far 18.4% of his finances have been disclosed, while 81.6% has not. Romney has $9,216,517 on hand, has spent $62,829,069, and has a total of $17,350,000 in debts.[73]

Political positions

Main article: Political positions of Mitt Romney

Religion

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See also: Mitt Romney's Mormonism

Romney is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly referred to as the Mormon church.

Had Romney won the nomination, he would have been the first Latter-day Saint on a major party's presidential ticket. In pursuing the Republican Party presidential nomination, he was following in the footsteps of his father, George W. Romney, who ran for the White House in 1968 and lost; fellow Latter-day Saint Orrin Hatch of Utah, who ran in 2000 and lost; and Joseph Smith, who ran in 1844 but was eliminated from the race when he was killed by a mob.[74] In contrast to Hatch's 2000 attempt or Smith's 1844 attempt, Romney was felt to be a major contender and so the effect his religion would have on the election came under serious consideration by pundits.[75] As of September 2007, 75% of the American electorate professed that Mormonism in a candidate would not affect their vote.[76]

Romney may have been challenged by voters with the concern that a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints would take commandments from the president of the church who is regarded as a living prophet. In an interview aired on Fox News Romney said, "America has a political religion, which is to place the oath of office, an oath to abide by a nation of laws and the Constitution, above all others. And there's no question that I make that my primary responsibility."[77] Mike Otterson, an LDS spokesman, said, "The suggestion that a Mormon leader would dictate policy to a President Romney is absurd. I can't imagine any president that would allow that."[78] During the 1960 presidential campaign of John F. Kennedy, similar allegations were made that a Roman Catholic would take orders from the Pope.[79] In 2006, the Boston Globe reported that Mitt Romney's son, Josh Romney, and a member of Romney's political action committee in his Salt Lake City office September 19, 2007, did meet with Jeffrey R. Holland, an apostle in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to discuss Romney's campaign.[80] According to the Church, the meeting was a courtesy call and that Jeffrey R. Holland reminded the Romneys of the Church's longstanding policy of political neutrality.

Romney's campaign speeches sometimes contained a standard response to the religion issue as a whole: "I believe in God. I believe in the family. I believe in America's future. It has a great role to preserve the peace on the planet. So the kinds of values I have are very much in line with those of the American people. My guess is as they get to know me better, there will be other faults that they find more troubling."[81]

In October 2006, Romney asked to meet with a group of influential Christian leaders, including Jerry Falwell, Franklin Graham, Gary Bauer, and Paula White to discuss his presidential candidacy. About a dozen accepted and traveled at their own expense to Boston, gathering at Romney's home in Belmont, Mass.[82] A prominent Evangelical leader, Dr. James Dobson, has not ruled out supporting him, while at the same time, Dobson has ruled out supporting Fred Thompson, John McCain and Rudy Giuliani.[83]

Mitt Romney gave a speech entitled "Faith in America," Thursday, December 6 at the George Herbert Walker Bush Presidential Library in Texas, with the former president providing introductory remarks. The speech, which was widely regarded as referencing that of then-Senator John F. Kennedy's September 1960 pledge not to allow Catholic doctrine to inform policy, discussed the role of religion in American society and politics; Romney said he would not allow any authorities from any religion, including his own, to influence presidential decisions. He avoided speaking about specific Latter-day Saint doctrines, as he stated that by forcing him to become the spokesperson for his faith, it would be enabling "the very religious test the founders prohibited in the Constitution." Instead, he addressed religion in general, saying "Freedom requires religion just as religion requires freedom."[84].

In December 2007, rival candidate, Mike Huckabee, when asked by the New York Times if he personally considered the LDS faith a cult or a religion, Huckabee said he believed it was a religion despite his lack of knowledge, but then followed up by asking, "Don’t Mormons believe that Jesus and the devil are brothers?"[85]

Thereafter on December 12, upon the conclusion of a Republican debate in Iowa, Huckabee personally apologized to Romney. The next morning on MSNBC Huckabee said, "It was never my intention to denigrate his faith.... I raised it not to create a story. I thought we were having a simple, casual conversation....I don't think his Mormon faith should have anything to do with him being elected."

But then Mr. Huckabee accused Mr. Romney of running a negative campaign. "We run a positive campaign, more so frankly than Mitt, who's running ads against me and dropping fliers in Iowa," he said.

An opinion piece in the December 14 New York Times quotes Larry J. Sabato, a University of Virginia political scientist, describing such apologies as "nonapology apologies.... They're proving they're not sincere by continuing to raise the subjects. Once you apologize, you should avoid the subject like the plague.... It’s no accident they continue to bring these things up.... There is a strong prejudice among many fundamentalist Christians against Mormonism."[86]

In January 2008, fellow presidential candidate Ron Paul expressed concerns that Romney's religion might be affecting how the other candidates treat him. "One thing I'm a little bit afraid of is that they might be doing that for religious reasons, and I don't like that."[87][88]

According to political scientist and commentator Larry Sabato, "One reason Romney pulled out of South Carolina was that he could not overcome the palpable prejudice that evangelical Christians have about his religion, and South Carolina's view is shared throughout much of the South and elsewhere. Partly as a consequence, Romney shows up in national polls as the weakest of the major Republican candidates...."[89]

Speeches

Media Matters pointed out that in an April 10 speech, Romney criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her "partisan" trip to Syria, but he did not mention that a Republican was a member of her delegation, or that a separate Republican-led delegation had met with the Syrian President three days before Pelosi did.[90]

On May 5, 2007, in a graduation speech at Regent University, a conservative Christian institution founded by evangelist Pat Robertson, Romney extolled marriage and the family and criticized those who choose to remain single because they enjoy "the single life." He added, ”It seems that Europe leads Americans in this way of thinking. In France, for instance, I’m told that marriage is now frequently contracted in seven-year terms where either party may move on when their term is up. How shallow and how different from the Europe of the past.”[91]

See "Religion" for his speech about his faith.

Debates

Romney participated in the first 2008 Republican Presidential Candidates Debate on May 3, 2007 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library along with the other Republican presidential contenders. The debate was sponsored by MSNBC, politico.com, the Reagan Presidential Library, and Nancy Reagan.[92]

Romney also participated in the second 2008 Republican Candidates Debate on May 15, 2007 at the University of South Carolina. When Brit Hume asked about the use of "Enhanced Interrogation Techniques" including waterboarding on captured terrorists, Romney replied that the real key is prevention through counterintelligence, adding that "we ought to double Guantanamo." His full quote is:

"Now you said the person was going to be on Guantanamo. I'm glad they're on Guantanamo. I don't want them on our soil. I want them on Guantanamo, where they don't get the access to lawyers that they get when they're on our soil. I don't want them in our prisons. I want them there. Some people have said we ought to close Guantanamo. My view is we ought to double Guantanamo.

"We ought to make sure that the terrorists... [Applause] and there's no question but that in a setting like that where you have the ticking bomb, that the President of the United States - not the CIA interrogator - the President of the United States has to make the call. And Enhanced Interrogation Techniques have to be used - not torture, but enhanced interrogation techniques. Yes."[93]

During the debate Romney also said, "There is a global jihadist effort. And they’ve come together as Shia and Sunni and Hezbollah and Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood and Al Qaeda with that intent."[94]

New Hampshire debate

In the June 5 New Hampshire debate, in response to a question asking if Iraq should have been invaded in hindsight, CNN and Media Matters pointed out that Romney's answer to the question was incorrect. He said that if events occurred differently, with Saddam Hussein allowing UN inspectors into his country, Iraq would not have had to have been invaded. It was pointed out by watchers in the media that Hussein did in fact allow UN weapons inspectors into Iraq, and they found little evidence of weapons of mass destruction.[95] CNN analyst Paul Begala said the misstatement would disqualify Romney if it had occurred in a general election debate, and it was akin to saying "the Mexicans bombed Pearl Harbor."[95] Romney's full statement was:

"Well, the question is kind of a non sequitur, if you will. And what I mean by that—or a null set—and that is that if you're saying, let's turn back the clock and Saddam Hussein had opened up his country to IAEA inspectors and they'd come in and they'd found that there were no weapons of mass destruction—had Saddam Hussein therefore not violated United Nations resolutions—we wouldn't be in the conflict we're in. But he didn't do those things, and we knew what we knew at the point we made the decision to get in."[95]

In his own defense, Governor Romney clarified that he was not meaning that Saddam had completely denied allowing inspectors in, but he was referring to the specific times where inspectors were prevented from entering several of Saddam's palaces for inspection. He was referring to these moments that led to the suspicion that Saddam's regime was hiding weapons they did not want to be found.

YouTube debate

After the Democratic CNN/YouTube debate in July 2007, Romney said that he was not inclined to participate in the Republican YouTube debate scheduled for September 2007. [96] (There were some unusual questions, including a question on global warming posed by an animated snowman.)

However, Romney soon changed his stance, and he did participate in the debate, held in Durham, NH on September 5, 2007. This debate was cosponsored by Fox News rather than CNN and was somewhat more conventional than the earlier debate on CNN.

Endorsements

See also: Newspaper endorsements in the United States presidential primaries, 2008

As of November 5, 2007, The Hill's running tally of endorsements from members of Congress showed Romney leading McCain 38 to 28 for the lead among Republican candidates.[97] Conservatives in the Republican coalesced around Romney after the January 29 Florida primary. Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum endorsed Romney on the talk radio show of Laura Ingraham. The talk radio community, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill Bennett, Dennis Prager, Glenn Beck, Hugh Hewitt and Laura Ingraham endorsed Romney, in an anti-McCain move. In spite of their efforts, Romney was out of the race and McCain became the presumptive nominee less than two weeks after Florida.[98] [99][100] [101][102] (See also Congressional endorsements for the 2008 presidential election.)

See also

External links

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  99. ^ Ingraham and Santorum Endorse Romney | Right On The Right
  100. ^ College Conservative Movement: Santorum, Hannity, Ingraham endorse Romney
  101. ^ Power Line Forum | Hannity, Levin, Reagan, Endorse Mitt Romney
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  103. ^ Governor Mitt Romney Announces Support of Senator Wayne Allard Press Release. April 16, 2007 Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved April 16, 2007
  104. ^ McCain Leads Chase for Senate Support
  105. ^ Senator Thad Cochran Endorses Governor Mitt Romney
  106. ^ U.S. Sen. DeMint of South Carolina endorses Romney for president Boston Herald, January 10, 2007. Retrieved January 12, 2007
  107. ^ Senator Judd Gregg Endorses Governor Mitt Romney Press Release. October 29, 2007 Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved October 30, 2007
  108. ^ U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch Endorses Governor Mitt Romney For President Press Release March 11, 2007 Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved March 19, 2007
  109. ^ Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Endorses Governor Mitt Romney Press Release. February 02, 2008 Romney for President, Inc
  110. ^ Governor Mitt Romney Announces Support of Congressman Robert Aderholt Press Release. February 8, 2007 Retrieved October 31, 2007
  111. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Governor Mitt Romney Announces Congressional Whip Team Press Release. February 06, 2007. Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved October 30, 2007
  112. ^ U.S. Congressman Brian Bilbray (R-CA) Endorses Governor Mitt Romney Press Release. January 31, 2008 Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved February 1, 2008
  113. ^ U.S. Congressman Rob Bishop (R-UT) Endorses Governor Mitt Romney Press Release. February 1, 2008 Romney for President, Inc
  114. ^ U.S. Congressman Marsha Blackburn Endorses Governor Mitt RomneyPress Release. January 28, 2008 Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved February 1, 2008
  115. ^ U.S. Congressman Chris Cannon Endorses Governor Mitt Romney Romney for President, Inc. Press Release. November 1, 2007. Retrieved November 1, 2007
  116. ^ U.S. Congressman John Carter (R-TX) Endorses Governor Mitt Romney Romney for President, Inc. Press Release. December 20, 2007. Retrieved December 20, 2007
  117. ^ Coble Endorses Romney For President WXII February 4, 2008
  118. ^ U.S. Representative Mike Conaway Endorses Governor Mitt Romney Press Release. March 7, 2007 Retrieved October 31, 2007
  119. ^ U.S. Representative Ander Crenshaw Endorses Governor Mitt Romney Press Release. January 21, 2008 Retrieved January 31, 2008
  120. ^ U.S. Representative Vernon Ehlers Endorses Governor Mitt Romney Press Release. August 14, 2007. Retrieved October 31, 2007
  121. ^ U.S. Congressman Mike Ferguson (R-NJ) Endorses Governor Mitt Romney Press Release. February 02, 2008 Romney for President, Inc
  122. ^ U.S. Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) Endorses Governor Mitt RomneyRomney for President, Inc. Press Release. December 21, 2007. Retrieved December 21, 2007
  123. ^ Congresswoman Kay Granger Endorses Governor Mitt Romney For President Romney for President, Inc. Press Release. September 25, 2007. Retrieved October 31, 2007
  124. ^ U.S. Congressman Wally Herger (R-CA) Endorses Governor Mitt Romney Romney for President, Inc. Press Release. December 21, 2007. Retrieved October 31, 2007
  125. ^ U.S. Congressman Jack Kingston (R-GA) Endorses Governor Mitt Romney Romney for President, Inc. Press Release. December 18, 2007. Retrieved December 18, 2007
  126. ^ U.S. Congressman Connie Mack Endorses Governor Mitt Romney For President Romney for President, Inc. Press Release. October 17, 2007. Retrieved October 31, 2007
  127. ^ U.S. Representative Tom Petri Endorses Governor Mitt Romney Press Release. August 27, 2007 Retrieved October 31, 2007
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  129. ^ Tancredo drops out, endorses Romney Des Moines Register December 20, 2007. Retrieved December 20, 2007
  130. ^ U.S. Congressman Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA) Endorses Governor Mitt Romney Press Release. February 1, 2008 Romney for President, Inc
  131. ^ Hastert Endorses Romney, January 23, 2007
  132. ^ Talent backs Romney for President, February 02, 2007
  133. ^ Former United States Senator Bill Brock (R-TN) Endorses Governor Mitt Romney Press Release. February 1, 2008 Romney for President, Inc
  134. ^ Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) Endorses Governor Mitt Romney Press Release. February 1, 2008 Romney for President, Inc
  135. ^ a b c d e f Governor Mitt Romney Announces Latin American Policy Advisory Group Press Release. February 28, 2007. Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved March 10, 2007.
  136. ^ Former Congressman Bob Beauprez Endorses Governor Mitt Romney For President Press Release. July 10, 2007 Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved July 13, 2007.
  137. ^ Former Congressman Henry Bonilla Endorses Governor Mitt Romney For President Press Release. June 14, 2007 Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved June 14, 2007.
  138. ^ Governor Mitt Romney Names Statewide Indiana Finance Committee Press Release. April 5, 2007 Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved April 5, 2007.
  139. ^ ;Governor Mitt Romney Announces Vin Weber as Policy Chairman Press Release. January 16, 2007. Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved March 10, 2007.
  140. ^ Former Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn Endorses Governor Mitt Romney For President Press Release. June 26, 2007 Retrieved June 26, 2007
  141. ^ Governor Mitt Romney Announces California Leadership Team Press Release. April 11, 2007. Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved April 11, 2007.
  142. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Governor Mitt Romney Announces The Tennessee Romney For President Leadership Team Press Release. Feb 4, 2008. Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved Feb 5, 2008.
  143. ^ a b c d e f g h i Massachusetts Leaders Endorse Governor Mitt Romney Press Release. February 15, 2007. Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved February 15, 2007.
  144. ^ a b c d e f g Governor Mitt Romney Announces Maine Statewide Steering Committee
  145. ^ Ohio State Senator Kevin Coughlin Endorses Governor Mitt Romney Press Release. September 12, 2007. Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved September 14, 2007.
  146. ^ a b c d e Arizona Mayor Tom Shope Endorses Governor Mitt Romney Press Release. August 20, 2007. Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved August 22, 2007.
  147. ^ Nevada State Senator Joe Heck Joins Romney For President
  148. ^ Georgia Senate President Pro Tempore Eric Johnson Endorses Governor Mitt Romney
  149. ^ a b Governor Mitt Romney Announces New Jersey Statewide Steering Committee Press Release. September 12, 2007. Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved September 14, 2007.
  150. ^ a b Missouri Legislators Endorse Governor Mitt Romney For President Press Release. August 20, 2007. Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved August 22, 2007.
  151. ^ Dan Rutherford Joins Romney For President As Illinois State Chairman Press Release. May 23, 2007. Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved May 23, 2007.
  152. ^ a b Delaware Republican Leaders Join Romney For President
  153. ^ a b c Jacksonville Mayor John Peyton and Jacksonville Leaders Endorse Governor RomneyPress Release. September 12, 2007. Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved September 13, 2007.
  154. ^ a b North Dakota Leaders Endorse Governor Romney Press Release. February 3, 2008. Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved February 4, 2008.
  155. ^ Governor Mitt Romney Announces Support Of Iowa State Representative Betty De Boef
  156. ^ Governor Mitt Romney Announces Support Of Florida State Representative Chris Dorworth
  157. ^ a b Governor Mitt Romney Announces Support Of Colorado Leaders. Romney for President, Inc. Press Release. Feb 4, 2008. Retrieved Feb 5, 2008.
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  159. ^ Governor Mitt Romney Announces Support Of Colorado House Republican Leader Michael May Press Release. February 2, 2008. Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved February 2, 2008.
  160. ^ Representative Mick Mulvaney Endorses Mitt Romney For President
  161. ^ Michigan State Representative Dave Robertson Endorses Governor Mitt Romney
  162. ^ Republican Leader Heidi Gansert Joins Romney For President
  163. ^ Assembly Republican Caucus Chairman Bob Huff Endorses Governor Mitt Romney
  164. ^ Governor Mitt Romney Names Senator Stewart Iverson As Adviser To Iowa Campaign, Press Release. March 15, 2007
  165. ^ Former Missouri Speaker Pro Tem Joins Romney For President
  166. ^ Romney For President Announces Georgia Statewide Leadership Team
  167. ^ Georgia Legislators Join Romney For President
  168. ^ a b c d Mitt Romney | Campaign 2008: Presidential Endorsements | washingtonpost.com
  169. ^ Governor Romney Announces The New Hampshire Legislative Leadership Team
  170. ^ Missouri Governor Matt Blunt And House Speaker Rod Jetton Endorse Governor Mitt Romney Press Release. April 26, 2007 Retrieved October 31, 2007
  171. ^ Governor Mitt Romney Announces Support of Governor Don Carcieri Press Release. March 13, 2007 Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved March 13, 2007
  172. ^ Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman Endorses Governor Mitt Romney Press Release. December 13, 2007. Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved December 14, 2007
  173. ^ Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling Endorses Governor Mitt Romney Press Release. July 31, 2007. Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
  174. ^ Utah Leaders Endorse Governor Mitt Romney Press Release. February 20, 2007. Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved March 7, 2007.
  175. ^ Alaska Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell Endorses Governor Mitt Romney Press Release. October 12, 2007. Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved October 13, 2007.
  176. ^ Governor Mitt Romney Names Idaho Leadership Team Press Release. May 22, 2007. Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved May 22, 2007.
  177. ^ a b Governor Mitt Romney Announces His Montana Leadership Team Press Release. June 21, 2007. Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved June 22, 2007.
  178. ^ Charleston Area Leaders Support Governor Mitt Romney Press Release. January 29, 2007. Romney for President Exploratory Committee, Inc. Retrieved February 15, 2007.
  179. ^ Governor Mitt Romney Announces Nevada Finance Steering Committee
  180. ^ Owens Endorses Romney
  181. ^ Mooney, Brian. Weld backs Romney for Oval Office: He bypasses friend and potential candidate Giuliani "Boston Globe", January 9, 2007. Retrieved February 14, 2007.
  182. ^ Former Lieutenant Governor of Michigan Connie Binsfeld Endorses Governor Mitt Romney
  183. ^ Governor Mitt Romney Announces The Massachusetts Steering Committee Press Release. June 18, 2007. Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved June 22, 2007.
  184. ^ a b Governor Mitt Romney Announces the Florida Women for Mitt Team Press Release. July 27, 2007. Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved July 28, 2007.
  185. ^ Former Lt. Governor Dick Posthumus To Serve As Honorary State Chairman For Michigan Press Release. June 27, 2007. Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved June 28, 2007.
  186. ^ Governor Mitt Romney Announces Support Of Wisconsin RNC Committeewoman Mary Buestrin
  187. ^ Kentucky Secretary Of State Trey Grayson Endorses Governor Mitt Romney
  188. ^ Indiana Secretary Of State Endorses Governor Mitt Romney Press Release. March 14, 2007. Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved March 14, 2007.
  189. ^ Colorado Attorney General John Suthers Endorses Governor Mitt Romney Press Release. July 19, 2007. Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
  190. ^ http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Gale+Thomson%3a+On+taxes%2c+Mitt+Romney+really+gets+it&articleId=57623d5d-3e8f-430b-b47e-d50b40e20a9d On taxes, Mitt Romney really gets it January 4th, 2008. Retrieved January 5, 2008
  191. ^ Romney For President Announces North Dakota State Director
  192. ^ Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Tells FOX News Why Mitt Romney Picked Him for Presidential Campaign
  193. ^ Livingston County Sheriff Bob Bezotte Joins Romney For President
  194. ^ Sheriff Mike Bouchard Endorses Governor Mitt Romney For President Press Release. July 23, 2007 Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved July 23, 2007.
  195. ^ Santa Barbara County Board Of Supervisors Chair Brooks Firestone Endorses Romney For President
  196. ^ Livonia Mayor Jack Kirksey Joins Romney For President
  197. ^ Colorado Springs Mayor Lionel Rivera Endorses Governor Mitt Romney
  198. ^ ;Governor Mitt Romney Announces Vin Weber as Policy Chairman Press Release. November 13, 2007. Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved November 13, 2007.
  199. ^ CRA Overwhelmingly Endorses Mitt Romney for President California Republican Assembly Retrieved November 16, 2007
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  202. ^ Morton Blackwell Endorses Governor Mitt Romney
  203. ^ Governor Mitt Romney Announces Support of James Bopp, Jr. Press Release. January 30, 2007. Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved March 10, 2007.
  204. ^ Judge Robert Bork Endorses Governor Mitt Romney Press Release. Romney for President, Inc. December 15, 2007. Retrieved December 16, 2007
  205. ^ Bay Buchanan Joins Romney For President
  206. ^ Liz Cheney Joins Romney For President
  207. ^ Townhall.com::The Elephant In The Room::By Ann Coulter
  208. ^ Michigan Conservative Leader Marlene Elwell Endorses Mitt Romney
  209. ^ American Thinker: Why they Hate Mitt Romney
  210. ^ In Case You Missed It: Another Conservative Vote For Governor Romney Press Release. January 31, 2008. Retrieved February 1, 2008
  211. ^ In Case You Missed It: Yet Another Conservative Vote For Governor Romney Press Release. February 1, 2008 Romney for President, Inc.
  212. ^ Bob Jones III endorses Mitt Romney The Washington Times October 16, 2007. Retrieved November 16, 2007
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  214. ^ In Case You Missed It: One More Conservative Vote For Governor Romney Press Release. February 1, 2008 Romney for President, Inc.
  215. ^ Tom Monaghan Joins Romney For President
  216. ^ Ross Perot Slams McCain | Newsweek Voices - Jonathan Alter | Newsweek.com
  217. ^ Perot backs Romney, attacks McCain - UPI.com
  218. ^ Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson Announces Personal Endorsement of Governor Romney for President of the United States
  219. ^ Brian Reardon To Serve As Senior Economic AdviserPress Release. March 7, 2007. Romney for President, Inc. Retrieved March 10, 2007.
  220. ^ Romney Travels to Pat Robertson's School Associated Press Rachel Zoll. May 4, 2007 Retrieved May 9, 2007
  221. ^ Paul Weyrich Endorses Governor Mitt Romney Press Release. Romney for President, Inc. November 05, 2007. Retrieved November 5, 2007
  222. ^ Governor Mitt Romney Names California Finance Co-Chairs Press Release. March 15, 2007 Retrieved May 4, 2007
  223. ^ Dr. John Willke, A Founder Of The Pro-Life Movement Nationally & Internationally, Endorses Gov. Romney Press Release. October 20, 2007 Retrieved October 22, 2007
  224. ^ Commentary From Bruce Wilson: Unintended Consequences Of A Vote For Huckabee
  225. ^ Robert Wolgemuth Endorses Governor Mitt Romney
  226. ^ SW Iowa News - Sunday's Our View: Nonpareil endorses Romney
  227. ^ Romney has proven record of leadership, plan for change | Times Republican
  228. ^ http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2007/12/23/news_opinion/editorial/93535d48867cbc68862573b9006595e3.txt Sioux City Journal. December 24, 2007. Retrieved December 25, 2007
  229. ^ MLive.com: We've Moved!
  230. ^ The Oakland Press: Opinions
  231. ^ ReviewJournal.com - Opinion - EDITORIAL: Romney best pick for state Republicans
  232. ^ RGJ.com: Endorsement: Romney is GOP’s best candidate
  233. ^ Elko Daily Free Press
  234. ^ a b c In Case You Missed It: Newspapers From Across The Nation Endorse Governor Mitt Romney
  235. ^ The Denver Post - GOP nominee: Romney would be a better executive
  236. ^ Press-Telegram - A complete list of the P-T's Election endorsements
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