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PAC-endorsed Chris Christie wins New Jersey Republican gubernatorial nomination
"Former United States attorney Chris Christie captured the New Jersey Republican gubernatorial nomination Tuesday night, setting the stage for what will be a closely-watched general election battle with the state’s vulnerable Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine." -
VIDEO: Romney on TODAY (6/3)
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VIDEO: Governor Romney's Heritage Foundation Speech: "The Care of Freedom"
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VIDEO: Romney on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace 5/31
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Mitt Romney's statement on the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court
Former Governor Mitt Romney today issued the following statement regarding the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court:The nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court is troubling. Her public statements make it clear she has an expansive view of the role of the judiciary. Historically, the Court is where judges interpret the Constitution and apply the law. It should never be the place "where policy is made," as Judge Sotomayor has said. Like any nominee, she deserves a fair and thorough hearing. What the American public deserves is a judge who will put the law above her own personal political philosophy. -
AUDIO: Romney on Hugh Hewitt radio 5/21
Governor Romney was a guest on the Hugh Hewitt radio program to talk about Cheney's and Obama's dueling security speeches.
Governor Romney on the Hugh Hewitt Show 5/21/09
HH: Joining us to discuss both, former governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney. Governor Romney, welcome, always a pleasure.
MR: Thank you, good to be with you again.
HH: What did you make of these two speeches today?
MR: Well, they were very much in contrast with one another. In the case of Dick Cheney, you have a person who has served, who was in the administration at the time America was attacked who saw 3,000 lives taken, he has no political ambition at this point, and frankly, he’s not terribly concerned about legacy, because that’s something which will be meted out over the coming decades. And so he spoke entirely from the heart, and he spoke clearly, directly, convincingly. Barack Obama is still very a politician on a campaign trail. He really has not yet made the transition from politician to president, and I thought his remarks were extraordinarily twisted and disjointed. And a careful examination of them would find that they’re quite inaccurate as well.
HH: One of his big arguments is we’ve got to close Guantanamo Bay, Governor Romney, because it’s a recruiting tool for terrorists. How do you assess the quality of that argument?
MR: Well, it’s frankly a pretty funny and silly argument to make. The terrorists are combating governments all over the world from Indonesia to Nigeria, and of course in places like Afghanistan and Iraq. This is an effort to overthrow moderate Muslim governments and other governments that are friendly to human rights and to freedom. And Guantanamo is just one of the many, many items that they have on their litany of objections, but of course they want to eliminate Israel, they want to overthrow the United States, they want to establish a religious caliphate. And to somehow think that by giving in to some small thing that they want, that that means they will be less able to attack us or less able to recruit is frankly the height of silliness, and President Obama knows it. There’s no good reason for closing Guantanamo. We are going to have prisoners that are individuals who are enemy combatants, and we have to put them somewhere. And there will always be an objection that we’re holding their prisoners.
HH: Governor Romney, there was an argument in the President’s speech today, look, we already have terrorists in places like Supermax, and he implied that he’s going to send them to Colorado. And then I had one of his lefty drones call up and say we already have terrorists…this is going to be the talking point. But of course it ignores scale and it ignores the nature of these terrorists. Do you think that it is wise to bring Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his colleagues at Guantanamo Bay anywhere in the United States?
MR: I don’t see any reason for saying that we have a very substantial prison facility in Guantanamo, and I’ve been there. I’ve seen it. It’s a very large prison complex, it is effectively managed, it’s a place from which escape is virtually impossible. And to say we’re going to close that for what reason? It makes the Europeans happy, and it makes some liberals happy, but we’re going to continue to interrogate these people, I certainly hope, and bringing them onto our shores has the potential of increasing their rights under the Constitution. And these people don’t deserve rights under the Constitution. And of course, they may well spread their hatred to prisoners within our prison system. It just doesn’t make sense. And by the way, what’s President Obama going to do with all of the enemy combatants that we have in our bases in places like Afghanistan? Is he going to be bringing them here to the United States as well and giving them lawyers in New York? I mean, we’ve always had people who we capture in conflicts, and we don’t put them through our legal system.
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Cheney vs. Obama by Mitt Romney
Two speeches, two very different men. Former Vice President Cheney seeks no political future. He speaks from the vantage of one who witnessed the killing of our fellow citizens, who deliberated and defined the strategy that would successfully prevent further murders of our fellow Americans.
His address today was direct, well-reasoned, and convincing.
President Obama, on the other hand, continues to speak as a politician. Contrary to the advice I and others gave him, he has placed two of his top political consultants in the West Wing, looking to them to opine on matters of national security. Barack Obama is having a hard time going from politician to president. His speech and his policies have one foot in campaign mode and another in presidential mode. He struggles to explain how he is keeping faith with the liberal advocates who promoted his campaign but in doing so, he breaks faith with the interests of the American people. When it comes to protecting the nation, we have a conflicted president. And his address today was more tortured than the enhanced interrogation techniques he decries.
It is laughable to suggest that Guantanamo is a meaningful aid in terrorist recruiting. Before Guantanamo came the first bombing of the World Trade Center, the bombing at Riyadh, the attacks on Khobar, the bombing of our embassies, the Cole. There will always be rallying cries for recruitment whether it is the existence of Israel or the freedoms enjoyed by Americans. Appeasement has not ever, does not now, and will never satisfy a foe who looks to destroy freedom and rule the world.
Vice President Cheney has been the target of every media, from mainstream to comic. But he spoke today as before without regard to the politics but with abiding respect for the truth. Barack Obama is still hanging on to the campaign trail. He said that the last thing he thinks about when he goes to sleep at night is keeping America safe. That's a big difference with Vice President Cheney—when it came to protecting Americans, he never went to sleep.Originally posted on National Review Online
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Mitt Romney Remarks to the 2009 Annual NRA Convention
Governor Mitt Romney today delivers remarks to the National Rifle Association’s Annual Convention in Phoenix, Arizona.
The following are excerpts from the speech:On the Second Amendment:“In our day, some Americans take for granted the struggles and victories of the founding generation. Ronald Reagan said that “freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” That is why we and the NRA meet here today: we are committed to fight for freedom, defend the Constitution, and pass on to our children a legacy of liberty.No Constitutional protection is more often ignored, distorted, or disdained than the individual right to keep and bear arms.”On President Obama’s spending binge:“How many times have we heard the President blame our economic troubles on excessive borrowing – on the high-risk practices of overleveraged companies, banks, and consumers?Yet somehow he thinks the solution is to overleverage the entire country. I disagree. The federal government should lead by example, with real responsibility and budget discipline, not by spending more trillions we don’t have.”On health care:“The liberal Democrats who control our government also want to put Washington in charge of healthcare. The rest of us want to reform healthcare to make sure that every American has insurance they can afford, and that cannot be taken away if they change or lose a job.But the best path to health care reform is to let the American people make their own decisions, not have those decisions forced on them by government. Let Washington choose the stamps for the post office, but let the American people choose who we want for our doctor.”On cap-and-trade:“President Obama is anxious to impose a new cap-and-trade carbon tax on Americans. I wish he understood that if we unilaterally place a very substantial cap-and-trade burden on ourselves, the major energy-using industries will simply pack up and go elsewhere.You don’t deal with global problems by penalizing only our own citizens. They don’t call it “America warming.” They call it global warming!”Where the President is right:“We have a duty to press on, to make sure that the principles of America’s founding will be the principles of America’s future. That’s our patriotic duty. It’s also our duty to stand with the President when he’s right.I’m glad that he backed away from his campaign promise to pull the troops immediately out of Iraq. I’m glad he is going to get tough on the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. I’m glad he’s continuing to hold military tribunals for terrorists.In fact, whenever he adopts the policies of John McCain and George W. Bush like this, I’m glad.”Where the President is wrong:“President Obama, however, is wrong to back away on missile defense. He was wrong to go on Arab TV and claim that America has dictated to other nations. America has sacrificed more than any other nation to free people from dictators. And of course, President Ahmadinejad of Iran seized upon that misstep by our President to call for an apology from America.I think the President is going to learn very quickly that abject apologies are always welcomed by thugs and terrorists. But what they need to hear instead is a message of American confidence and American resolve . . .He’s released top secret memos about interrogations, but we’re still waiting for other top secret memos that tell us about the attacks prevented by those interrogations. The President has also promised to close down Guantanamo, without giving the slightest indication of the next stop for the killers being held there now.And for all of these decisions, he has received the predictable applause from the usual quarters.But here’s the problem. That is the very kind of thinking that left America vulnerable to the attacks of September 11th. And the approval of left-wing law professors and editorial boards won’t be worth much if this country lets down its guard and suffers another attack.”
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Vice President Biden was right that the new president would be tested early in his administration. What the world learned was not good news for freedom and democracy.
Recently, Iranian President Ahmadinejad announced that his nation has successfully mastered every step necessary to enrich uranium, violating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty it has signed. And North Korea's Kim Jong Il launched a long-range missile on the very day President Obama addressed the world about the peril of nuclear proliferation.
In both instances the world's equation for peace and security was altered, and the Obama administration chose inaction.
It is true that we are still very early in the Obama years -- the president will have ample opportunity to defend America and freedom, and to deter nuclear brinkmanship. I, like many other Americans, am hoping for a stronger foreign policy.
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