Romney focuses on economy
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Republican Mitt Romney sought to lock up the Florida primary by refusing to talk Sunday about little else but the economic jitters confronting the nation. His rivals took different tacks toward the same goal as they fanned out across the Sunshine State.
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As a presidential contender, Mitt Romney has the looks, the money and the campaign machine. He also has something of a candor gap.
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Mitt Romney, who has pledged to bring his business sense to the White House, outlined an economic stimulus package Saturday far bigger than anything President Bush, congressional leaders or top presidential rivals have suggested.
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., Jan. 10 -- Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney used a Fox News debate Thursday night to accuse Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) of being overly pessimistic about the nation's economy in advance of a Michigan primary that has become a must-win for Romney.
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Republican  presidential candidates said on Thursday the U.S. economy was  going through a difficult slowdown but an election-year  recession could be avoided with the right mix of policies.
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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, who focused his bid for the party's nomination on turning around the U.S. economy, said in remarks prepared for a speech on Thursday he must "stand aside" and pull out of the race.
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DETROIT, Jan. 14 -- Mitt Romney said Monday that as president he would ease fuel-efficiency standards and spend billions more in federal money to bolster struggling automakers, a direct appeal to voters in a state that is likely to determine whether his campaign remains competitive or is relegated...
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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt  Romney, who focused his bid for the party's nomination on  turning around the U.S. economy, said in remarks prepared for a  speech on Thursday he must "stand aside" and pull out of the  race.
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JACKSONVILLE, Florida  - Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney said on Saturday his $233.4 billion U.S. economic stimulus plan would rescue an economy on the "tipping point" of recession.
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BOCA RATON, Florida  - Republican Mitt Romney questioned on Thursday whether rival John McCain understood the U.S. economy as the candidates sought advantage in Florida in the race for the U.S. presidential nomination.
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GREENVILLE, South Carolina  - Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney headed on Wednesday to South Carolina, where he trails his Republican rivals in a topsy-turvy White House race but hopes for a boost from a Michigan win focused on the economy.
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Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney reverted to his business ways Tuesday, projecting a PowerPoint presentation on free trade in a "Reagan Zone for Economic Freedom."
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Republican  presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Thursday accused rival  John McCain of giving up on people who have lost jobs in the  economically depressed state of Michigan as the Republicans'  wide-open campaign turned to the faltering economy.
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Republican Mitt Romney, flush with cash from early fundraising, this week will air his first presidential campaign ad to introduce himself to voters in several early voting states.
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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said Saturday that if he's elected, he wants "to carry the big stick" by increasing the size of the nation's military.
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The Christian Science Monitor - As a matter of logic, Mitt Romney would seem to have an edge going into Florida's Republican primary on Tuesday. The economy is the No. 1 issue, and the former Massachusetts governor clearly has the strongest economic portfolio of the Republican presidential candidates, as a megawealthy businessman, turnaround artist of the 2002 Olympics, and a state chief executive.
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Campaigning in state, McCain and Romney promise tax cuts; Giuliani shifts focus to economy.