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Mitt Romney: A New Direction For America
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The Auto Industry Bailout and Mitt Romney
01/06/2008
Mitt Romney opposed the auto industry bailout. An article by Romney with the title "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt," appeared in the New York Times at the time of the bailout. Auto executive Bob Lutz says he was profoundly disappointed by Romeny's position, as the situation was at a point where government loans were necessary. Auto executives see the vindication of their position in the recovery of Chrysler, GM and Ford Motor. In a bit of irony Romney, who is from Michigan, announced his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election at the Ford Museum in Dearborn. GM and Chrysler went into bankruptcy, but this was a planned bankruptcy, with the support of the U.S. government and a pathway set with loans and conditions so that would lead to eventual recovery. The fear was that a chaotic bankruptcy process would permanently impair the American auto manufacturing industry- and the planned bankruptcy with government conditions and loans was meant to avert this and still allow shedding or restructuring of burdensome obligations- as this way buyers would still have confidence to buy automobiles from GM and Chrysler. Auto executives point out that the private markets had already shut out GM and Chrysler from financing. Retired GE executive supported a planned bankruptcy with government help, because of the importance of the auto industry to the U.S. economy, in the Nov. 18, 2008 issue of Business Week.
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Cost of Bailouts Continues to Decline
Wall Street Journal 05/10/2013
New York Times 12/27/2011
U.S. Remaining Stake in General Motors
Wall Street Journal 12/10/2013
U.S. Car-Making Boom? Not for Auto-Industry Workers
Wall Street Journal 03/24/2015
Bailout Stand Trails Romney in Car Country
New York Times 02/19/2012
Dow Chemical's CEO on How to Revive Manufacturing
Wall Street Journal 02/23/2012
2012 U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney, job cuts by private equity, and job creation
07/25/2011
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 07/25/2011
Debate on Economics Turns to Character
Wall Street Journal 11/10/2011
After Mitt Romney Deal, Company Showed Profits and Then Layoffs
New York Times 11/12/2011
New York Times 11/12/2011
New York Times 12/08/2011
Play of the Week: The Business of America Is....;Job Cuts?
Wall Street Journal 12/24/2011
Karl Rove on Romney's "47%" gaffe, and why the 2012 U.S. presidential election is still wide open
08/20/2012
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Rove: This Too Shall Pass, but What Follows Is Crucial
Wall Street Journal 09/19/2012
Romney Plans New Focus on Swing States
Wall Street Journal 09/20/2012
Three Reasons the 2012 Race Could Still Change
Wall Street Journal 09/25/2012
Rove: Obama's Biggest Opponent Is the Truth
Wall Street Journal 09/26/2012
New York Times 09/19/2012
Karl Rove: Can We Believe the Presidential Polls?
Wall Street Journal 10/03/2012
Mitt Romney's vice presidential candidate
07/03/2012
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Rob Portman, a Master of Washingtonâs Inner Workings
New York Times 07/03/2012
With Ryan, Romney Casts Spotlight on Budget Details
New York Times 08/11/2012
Wall Street Journal 08/30/2012
Mitt Romney: A New Direction For America
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2012
Mitt Romney's standing with women, Hispanics and young voters in the 2012 U.S. presidential election
09/05/2012
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Blacks, Obama and the Election
New York Times 11/02/2014
A Drive for Swing State Votes Has Colorado’s Latinos Listening
New York Times 05/26/2015
Donald Trump’s Gender-Based Attacks on Hillary Clinton Have Calculated Risk
New York Times 04/28/2016
Rove: The President's Fountain of Youth Is Drying Up
Wall Street Journal 09/05/2012
Obama and Romney Focus on Efforts to Woo Women
New York Times 10/17/2012
Mitt Romney’s ‘binders full of women’ | She The People
Washington Post 10/17/2012
The first 2012 U.S. presidential television debate on October 3, 2012
10/03/2012
A debate in which for the first time Romney makes clear positions appealing to all income groups that would be expected from a former Republican governor of Massachusetts, the most liberal leaning state in the U.S. Romney said his plan would generate jobs and growth at a time when over 23 million Americans were out of work. Obama said he would defend the midddle class but did not say what he would do different from the economic policies followed in 2004-2008.
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Romney goes on offense, forcing Obama to defend record - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/04/2012
Factchecking the first presidential debate - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/04/2012
The Romney Cure for Obama-Induced Economic Ills
Wall Street Journal 10/03/2012
New York Times 10/04/2012
It’s Jim Lehrer’s turn to discuss the debate - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/06/2012
The Dividends of Romney's Debate Victory
Wall Street Journal 10/13/2012
The Romney 2012 U.S. presidential election campaign manager Matt Rhoades
05/26/2012
Rhoades grew up in Saratoga Springs in upstate New York, and went to Syracuse University. He has the competitive spirit, maintained a disciplined campaign, and a willingness to persuade Romney to make decisions he was otherwise reluctant to take to convince skeptical voters.
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Team Romney's Relentless Driver
Wall Street Journal 05/26/2012
Conservatives Attack Romney's Choice to Lead Transition
New York Times 06/04/2012
New York Times 07/30/2012
Romney Racks Up Big Cash Advantage Over Obama
New York Times 08/20/2012
Romney Plans New Focus on Swing States
Wall Street Journal 09/20/2012
Three Reasons the 2012 Race Could Still Change
Wall Street Journal 09/25/2012
U.S. presidential candidate Romney's new message that shows he is responsible in his position on taxes and healthcare
08/20/2012
Romney's conveys to voters that he looks favorably at giving coverage to people with preexisting conditions and other popular aspects of the health care law, and he reminds voters that he got everybody in his state insured. He is also careful to show that he will not reduces taxes by a huge amount to worsen the deficit, but enough to stimulate business investment, simplify taxes, and close loopholes and deductions to offset reductions in taxes.
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Romney, Appealing to Wider Audience, Recalibrates Message
New York Times 09/28/2012
Romney benefits from rigorous defense of tax plan - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/06/2012
Wall Street Journal 10/21/2012
Wall Street Journal 11/01/2012
Mitt Romney: A New Direction For America
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2012
Mitt Romney, as a leader in Mormon church, became a master of many keys - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/20/2012
Low cost of natural gas and the boost to the economies of U.S. states with steel, aluminium and other metal industries
10/24/2012
The low cost of natural gas is giving a boost to the economy of Pennsylvania and midwestern states in the U.S.
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Natural Gas Slides to Near a Two-Year Low
Wall Street Journal 12/23/2014
Steel Firms in U.S. Strive to Cope with Imports
Wall Street Journal 06/18/2015
Cheap Natural Gas Gives New Hope to the Rust Belt
Wall Street Journal 10/24/2012
Mitt Romney: A New Direction For America
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2012
Cheaper Natural Gas Lets Nucor Factory Rise Again on Bayou
Wall Street Journal 02/01/2013
Gas Boom Projected to Grow for Decades
Wall Street Journal 02/27/2013
U.S. Regional Economies - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
09/26/2011
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Rochesterâs Survival Lessons
New York Times 02/02/2012
Pittsburgh Native Invests in Hometown
Wall Street Journal 09/26/2011
Wall Street Journal 02/02/2012
Wall Street Journal 07/18/2012
Incomes Fell or Stagnated in Most States Last Year
Wall Street Journal 09/20/2012
Mitt Romney: A New Direction For America
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2012
The U.S. coal mining industry 2005-2013
01/27/2009
The U.S. coal mining industry surged with the demand for metallurgical coal from the Chinese steel industry. Prices reached a high of $330 after the floods in Australia's Queensland coal producing region in 2011. Now prices have dropped by half with the return of Australian coal and the slowdown in China. This is resulting in layoffs in the coal industry and hard times in W. Virginia and the Appalachian coal mining region in 2012.
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In the Midwest, Coal Stages a Comeback
Wall Street Journal 05/05/2013
Coal Falls Out of Favor As Utilities Go 'Green'
Wall Street Journal 04/23/2010
Heard on the Street: U.S. Coal vs. the World
Wall Street Journal 09/22/2013
Colombia, China Close In on Coal and Railway Deal
Wall Street Journal 10/18/2013
In Appalachia, Coal Struggles to Compete With Natural Gas
Wall Street Journal 11/30/2013
The New Future for American Coal: Export It
Wall Street Journal 03/20/2014
2012 U.S. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney
05/13/2011
Mitt Romney's presentation at the University of Michigan on the Health Care Plan he enacted as Governor of Massachusetts and what he would do for U.S. healthcare reform.
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“Takers” just as likely to vote Republican as “makers,” data show - The Washington Post
Washington Post 07/16/2014
Mitt Romney and John McCain Denounce Donald Trump as a Danger to Democracy
New York Times 03/03/2016
Mitt Romney defends his health-care record - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/13/2011
Barack Obama and the Republicans: A beatable president
Economist 06/11/2011
Wall Street Journal 07/25/2011
What books are the GOP 2012 contenders reading? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/21/2011
2012 U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney's image with voters
10/23/2011
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“Takers” just as likely to vote Republican as “makers,” data show - The Washington Post
Washington Post 07/16/2014
Mitt Romney reaches out but often lacks common touch - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/23/2011
Debate on Economics Turns to Character
Wall Street Journal 11/10/2011
Republican Leaders Still Seem Torn About Mitt Romney
New York Times 12/01/2011
Mitt vs. Newt - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/03/2011
New York Times 12/08/2011
Paul Ryan as Romney's running mate for the 2012 U.S. presidential election
09/16/2010
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Charlie Rose Talks to Paul Ryan
BusinessWeek 09/16/2010
Who is Paul Ryan? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/11/2012
Mitt Romney will name Paul Ryan as his VP. Here’s what that means. | Wonkblog
Washington Post 08/11/2012
Paul Ryan is Romney’s pick for vice presidential nominee - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/11/2012
Ryan is the one? - Right Turn - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/11/2012
When Mitt Romney settled on Paul Ryan and how he kept it a secret - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/12/2012
The evangelical Christian vote in the U.S. and in states like Ohio in the 2012 U.S. presidential election
09/16/2010
The evangelical Christian vote helped president George W. Bush win Ohio in 2004 by 2 points, countering the Democratic vote in Cuyahoga county around Cleveland. McCain failed to connect with evangelicals in 2008. The evangelicals, and pastors like Jerry Falwell and Billy Graham, the head of the Southern Baptist Convention, and evangelical Christian organizer Ralph Reed are organizing support for Romney in 2012. Obama's support for gay marriage is one issue, another is alienating of Catholic communities in some aspects of Obama legislation. The selection of a conservative Catholc from Wisconsin, Paul Ryan, as running mate is also creating increased fervour among evangelicals.
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Charlie Rose Talks to Paul Ryan
BusinessWeek 09/16/2010
Bush (43) Shares Spotlight With Bush (41) as Tribute Book Is Published
New York Times 11/11/2014
In Ohio, John Boehner’s GOP Legacy Crumbles With the Rise of Donald Trump
Wall Street Journal 03/11/2016
Misreading the Trump-Evangelicals Link
Wall Street Journal 03/11/2016
Henninger: Romney's Secret Voting Bloc
Wall Street Journal 10/31/2012
Mitt Romney: A New Direction For America
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2012
Racial polarization in the 2012 U.S. presidential election between Romney and Obama
01/18/2009
The figures tell the story- Romney gets 91% of his support from white voters. He is ahead by 23% over Obama among white voters- a Washington Post /ABC News poll showing Romney at 60% and Obama at 37% in the last week of Oct. 2012. Obama's support from white voters is dropping to the level in the Mondale-Reagan election when Mondale was in the 30's -Reagan 65% Mondale 35% among white voters in the 1980 election. Obama's victory in 2008 came from winning 43% of the white vote. Whites made up 74% of voters in ABC polling in 2008- the same number as in 2012. About a 2% shift towards Hispanics and other minorities is expected every 4 years according to experts as U.S. population becomes more diverse. The suburban women with college degrees with strong views about contraception and women's issues were a factor in helping build core support for the Democratic party and Obama to get to the 43%. Another factor is the younger women without college degrees who are now shifting towards Romney and the Republicans over economic issues. Surpprisingly after the foreclosures and high jobless rates hit minorities hardest support has still not fallen for Obama with these groups in polling results.
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Views on Race Relations Sour, Especially Among Blacks
Wall Street Journal 07/24/2013
Blacks, Obama and the Election
New York Times 11/02/2014
Obama Mentions Racial Slur in Describing Fight Against Racism
Wall Street Journal 06/23/2015
Poll shows widening racial gap in presidential contest - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/26/2012
The Price of a Black President
New York Times 10/27/2012
New York Times 10/27/2012
The influence of George Romney, three term governor of Michigan and U.S. presidential candidate in 1968, on Mitt Romney and the Romney campaign
10/10/2012
George Romney was more spontaneous and aggressive than the cautious Mitt Romney. A problem this created was during the 1968 presidential campaign when he said his early support for the Vietnam war was because of a lot of brainwashing, which suggested to voters that he lacked foreign policy experience. He withdrew shortly therafter. This and the lack of preparation and funding for that 1968 campaign has had a significant influence on Mitt Romney. During the final weeks of the campaign the assets of the more aggressive father have come back from memory to Mitt Romney as he makes an effort to come back from behind. Mitt's wife Ann says he scribbled the word "Dad" on a page at the lectern before the beginning of the first presidential debate with Obama.
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Lessons From a Father's Campaign
Wall Street Journal 10/10/2012
The Dividends of Romney's Debate Victory
Wall Street Journal 10/13/2012
Wall Street Journal 11/01/2012
Edward Niedermeyer: Romney's Plan Would Also Have 'Saved' Detroit
Wall Street Journal 11/03/2012
Mitt Romney: A New Direction For America
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2012
The Romney Ryan relationship and the 2012 U.S. presidential campaign
08/11/2012
Grouped Articles
Romney and Ryan Donât Mind Their Contrasts
New York Times 08/11/2012
A Risky Rationale Behind Romney's Choice of Ryan
New York Times 08/11/2012
Ryan Pick Gives Obama Chance to Change Subject
New York Times 08/11/2012
George Will: Romney’s presidential pick - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/13/2012
Kimberley A. Strassel: Why Romney Chose Ryan
Wall Street Journal 08/12/2012
Stephen Moore: The Kempian Roots of Ryanomics
Wall Street Journal 08/12/2012
U.S. Business, Romney, and the presidential election of 2012
11/02/2012
Grouped Articles
For Business, Vote Holds High Stakes
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2012
Real Progress, But We're Not Done
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2012
Mitt Romney: A New Direction For America
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2012
U.S. incoming Republican Senator, Patrick Toomey of Pennsylvania, 2011-
01/03/2011
Grouped Articles
Toomey Seeks Political Balance on His Way to the Senate
New York Times 01/03/2011
New York Times 01/02/2012
Mitt Romney: A New Direction For America
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2012
China's steel making industry and the coal mining industry of the Appalachian region in the U.S.
09/27/2012
Between 2004-2011 China's steel making industry expanded rapidly leading to huge demand for metallurgical coal from the Appalachian region. In 2012 prices have dropped about 50% to $170 a ton for met coal, leading to layoffs and closing of mining operations. Patriot Coal of St. Louis filed for bankruptcy protection in 2012.
Grouped Articles
In the Midwest, Coal Stages a Comeback
Wall Street Journal 05/05/2013
Heard on the Street: U.S. Coal vs. the World
Wall Street Journal 09/22/2013
Colombia, China Close In on Coal and Railway Deal
Wall Street Journal 10/18/2013
In Appalachia, Coal Struggles to Compete With Natural Gas
Wall Street Journal 11/30/2013
China Makes Environmental Case for Increasing Big Coal's Clout
Wall Street Journal 12/01/2013
China's Leaders Move to Rein In Steel Mecca
Wall Street Journal 01/06/2014
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