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Mitt Romney picked up a couple of congressional endorsements from Michigan this week, for anyone keeping score. U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph), the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, endorsed the Michigan-born Romney. So did U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Tipton). Other members of the state’s delegation to Congress who have endorsed Romney include U.S. Reps. Dan Benishek (R-Crystal Falls), Dave Camp (R-Midland), Bill Huizenga (R-Zeeland), Mike Rogers (R-Howell) and Thaddeus McCotter (R-Livonia).
Our federal government must balance its budget. During his three years in office, President Obama has led America in the opposite direction. He's shunned fiscal responsibility for exploding deficits and placed our country on the treacherous path down which nations like Greece and Italy are traveling today. The President has allowed spending to explode on his watch, from a historical average of about 19% of GDP up to 25% of GDP. While no other president had ever run a $1 trillion deficit, he will run one every year of his administration.
Our federal government must balance its budget. During his three years in office, President Obama has led America in the opposite direction. He's shunned fiscal responsibility for exploding deficits and placed our country on the treacherous path down which nations like Greece and Italy are traveling today. The President has allowed spending to explode on his watch, from a historical average of about 19% of GDP up to 25% of GDP. While no other president had ever run a $1 trillion deficit, he will run one every year of his administration.
Former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential nominee frontrunner Mitt Romney is expected to campaign in Maine on Friday, just one day before the state GOP releases results of its presidential preference poll. Specific details have not been worked out but Michael Quatrano, executive director of the Maine Republican Party, said Romney is expected to make a brief appearance Friday night.
James Bopp, a conservative attorney who has led the opposition to campaign finance laws, today endorsed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Romney has been a major beneficiary of laws Bopp has advocated for. Bopp’s most well-known victory was in the 2010 Supreme Court case Citizens United, which struck down long-standing campaign finance laws by allowing corporations, non-profits, and unions to contribute unlimited amounts of money to political causes and to organizations advocating for candidates.
In the March 6 primary, The Dispatch urges Ohio Republicans to choose Mitt Romney as their party’s presidential nominee. American voters need someone who offers an alternative to the failed policies of President Barack Obama. Romney is the candidate best able to do that.
The Obama administration has finally made explicit what it has always implied: President Barack Obama will downsize our Navy. This was made clear this past week, when the Department of Defense unveiled a plan to slow our ship-building rate and reduce the number of ships in our fleet. Instead of building 57 ships between 2013 and 2017, the Navy will now build just 41 ships. In addition, the Navy will retire nine ships years ahead of their design end-of-life dates. Seven of these are sophisticated AEGIS cruisers, and two are amphibious ships.
Mitt Romney chalked up a huge win in the Nevada caucuses Saturday, cementing his standing as the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination by adding a Western state to earlier victories in New Hampshire and Florida.
