Mitt+Romney

=Brief bio:= (Elizabeth from TPLC is working on this page) Where was the candidate born, raised, go to school, what degrees were earn in college, what was the progression of jobs in his career. Basically, how did he get to where he is now?

Romney is the son of former Michigan Governor and 1968 presidential candidate George W. Romney, and 1970 Michigan U.S. Senatorial candidate Lenore Romney. His full name is Willard Mitt Romney. He has been involved in politics from an early age, having joined his father in civil rights marches. Romney graduated from the Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan in 1965. After attending Stanford University for two quarters, Romney served in France for 30 months as a missionary for the LDS Church. After his mission service, Romney attended Brigham Young University, where he graduated as Valedictorian, earning his Bachelor of Arts degree, //summa cum laude// in 1971. In 1975, Romney graduated from a joint Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration program coordinated between Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School. He graduated //cum laude// from the law school and was named a Baker Scholar for graduating in the top five percent of his business school class.

After graduation, Romney remained in Massachusetts and went to work for the Boston Consulting Group, where he had interned during the summer of 1974. From 1978 to 1984, Romney was a vice president of Brain & Company, Inc. In 1984, Romney left Bain & Company to co-found a spin-off private equity investment firm, Bain Capital. In 1990, Romney was asked to return to Bain & Company, which was facing financial collapse. As CEO, Romney managed an effort to restructure the firm's employee stock-ownership plan, real-estate deals and bank loans, while increasing fiscal transparency. Within a year, he had led Bain & Company through a highly successful turnaround and returned the firm to profitability without layoffs or partner defections. In 1999, Romney stepped into the national spotlight when he took over as president of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee. He helped rescue the 2002 Winter Olympics from financial and ethical woes, and helmed a successful Salt Lake City Olympic Games in 2002. Mitt Romney parlayed his success with the Olympics into politics when he was elected governor of Massachusetts in 2003. After serving one term, he declined to run for reelection and announced his bid for U.S. president.

Mitt Romney married Ann Davies in 1969; they have five sons, Tagg, Matt, Josh, Ben and Craig. He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormon Church. Ann Romney was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1998. Governor Romney and his wife have been married for 36 years. They have five sons, five daughters-in-law, and eight grandchildren. This is Ann Romney in 2007. This is Mitt Romney

=Stance on each of the campaign issues:=
 * War on Terror/Homeland Security
 * He supports all Homeland Security.


 * War in Iraq/Afghanistan
 * He opposes the withdrawal from Iraq. He supports Iran Sanctions, Iran Military Action as Option, Iraq War Support, and Iraq War Troop Surge.


 * Education
 * He supports Education: No child left behind.


 * Economy
 * Economic strength comes from people, not from Washington, Fundamentally change how Washington works, to reduce pork, "Giuliani increased spending by 2.8%; I held increase to 2.2%," Disagrees with reported negative study of MA economy, Washington is broken; needs fundamental change, Remedies for budget imbalance: cut expenses or raise revenue, Will cut deficit and help Americans save


 * Taxes
 * Zero tax rate on capital gains, for incomes up to $200,000, Lowering taxes, like Bush tax cuts, grows the economy, Reduce the tax burden on middle-income families, Signed no-tax pledge; Dems pledge to raise taxes, Pledges no new taxes in 2007 after refusing pledge in 2002, My pledge: no freeze on tax rollback, Pledges not to raise taxes


 * Environment
 * Invest in new technologies to get us off of foreign oil, Lit mountain with Olympic rings while placating enviro's, Clean environment will be a campaign theme.


 * Foreign Policy/Foreign Relations
 * Free Cuba and eliminate threat of people like Hugo Chavez, To win the war on jihad, we need friends in Muslim world, Encourage others to welcome democracy, without military, Move Muslim world toward modernity so they reject extreme


 * Immigration
 * He supports building a border fence. He opposes Citizenship Path for Illegals.


 * Health Care
 * He opposes Universal Health Care.


 * Long Term Care
 * He opposes Universal Health Care, so he opposes Long Term Care.

links: http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=241055 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney http://www.americansformitt.com/mittbio.html [|http://www.peopleandprofiles.com/Profiles-28/US Election Candidates Mitt Romney.html?profile_id=89] http://www.2decide.com/table.htm http://www.issues2000.org/Mitt_Romney.htm