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In Iowa on Tuesday, Mitt Romney delivered an impressive speech on his theme of the week: the debt. Rather than making this only about dollars and cents, he turned the issue into one about values and President Obama’s deficient leadership. Romney first laid out his case, explaining (in one of his more poetic phrases of the campaign) that a “prairie fire of debt is sweeping across Iowa and our nation and every day we fail to act that fire gets closer to the homes and children we love.” He continued:
Mitt Romney is adding two more victories to his win column. Nebraska and Oregon Republicans, as expected, have made clear their preference for the GOP nomination by choosing Romney in Tuesday's presidential primaries. In Nebraska, the vote amounts to a beauty contest.
In the latest battle of dueling campaign ads, Mitt Romney's camp has released a nearly four-minute video focusing on the personal plight of some of the nation's unemployed as the presumptive Republican nominee aims to turn the focus back toward President Barack Obama's handling of the economy.
When it comes to dividing Americans on the basis of their gender, I know a little something about the subject. I grew up in a time when many people believed that men and women should not always be treated equally. It wasn't easy to break through the barriers of discrimination, and I'm glad I didn't have to do it alone. When I became the first woman to represent the state of Texas in the United States Senate, it was with the help of a lot of women - and a large number of men, too.
