By JEFFREY H. ANDERSON
It has been said that there is very little difference between the policy preferences of the three leading Republican presidential candidates. This may well be true. But there is a big difference between what the candidates think this election is about.
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It has been said that there is very little difference between the policy preferences of the three leading Republican presidential candidates. This may well be true. But there is a big difference between what the candidates think this election is about.
In an interview with Mitt Romney earlier this week, Bill O’Reilly gave the former Massachusetts governor the last word, inviting him to speak on any topic he wanted. Romney said the following:
“Well, this is an election all about the direction of America. And the question is, are we gonna have a president who understands how to make the economy work for the American people and get people back to work. And my experience in the private economy, with real jobs, helping grow businesses — sometimes successfully and sometimes not — that experience [is what] we need in the White House. If people think they just need a politician in the White House, we got that. If you want somebody who’s gonna get the economy going, that’s what I’d bring to the White House.”
Romney’s answer — which, in one way or another, he has repeated throughout the campaign — conveys his conviction that the core problem with President Obama has been that his policies have kept us from experiencing the strong economic growth that our nation has essentially always experienced following a major recession. To repair the damage of the Obama presidency, therefore (in this interpretation of events), the main order of business is to get the economy moving again.
Read more: http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/real-divide-gop-race_633058.html
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