[PDR]

Here we go... and the lovely Anne Romney takes the stage. Nice dress - weird color.

[NeoCaveman]

I'm pretty sure this is also being broadcasted on his website

http://mittromney.com

[Jhensy]

Fox, MSNBC covering it live now... but CNN is discussing shot-down helicopters in Iraq.

Creeps.

[pissant]

The big announcment was in SC a couple weeks ago.

[GOP_Lady]

As of now, Mr. Romney is my choice!

[TomGuy]

FoxNews dropped the announcement to get back to coverage of the contents of Anna Nichole Smith's refrigerator.

CPAN2 is covering it.

[AdvisorB]

I like Mitt, and think he would make a great President, but my heart is in the Gingrich camp. My head tells me that a Gingrich nomination is a long shot, but perhaps he could end up on the ticket in the VP slot. Maybe Rudy/Newt, or Mitt/Newt in 2008. I believe McCain will be rejected by GOP primary voters, but I don't think a McCain/Newt ticket is compatible anyway, because of McCain's enormous ego. I don't believe that McCain could stand the comparisons with Newt, especially given that McCain is an intellectual mediocrity, and Newt is brilliant.

[Enosh]

All,

Can someone give a quick summary of his speech? Position statements, etc?

[sasafras]

YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! Another RINO for President. McCain, Guiliani and Romney are all the same. Im not sure we'd be better off with another RINO in office. Perhaps it would be much better to have a filthy lib take office (like Carter) so that a true Conservative would rise from the ashes and bring us to our senses. I will not pull the lever for another RINO, period.

[BibChr]

Any word on which Romney it will be today?

[mewzilla]

N.H. should shun our fiscal phony (Mitt Romney)

[TChris]

Excellent speech!

[Dr. Zzyzx]

There seem to be many on the Romney threads who are so angry with the Mormon church that they can no longer think clearly or reasonably. They are venting their spleens in virtually every Romney thread with anything they can think of to fan the flames of prejudice.

For those who have an open-minded interest in knowing the actual doctrine of the Mormon Church concerning government, I've posted a portion of it here. It's from the Mormon's Doctrine and Covenants Section 134. It was adopted in August of 1835 in Kirtland, Ohio and has been the guiding principle of the church ever since.

1 We believe that governments were instituted of God for the benefit of man; and that he holds men accountable for their acts in relation to them, both in making laws and administering them, for the good and safety of society.

2 We believe that no government can exist in peace, except such laws are framed and held inviolate as will secure to each individual the free exercise of conscience, the right and control of property, and the protection of life.

3 We believe that all governments necessarily require civil officers and magistrates to enforce the laws of the same; and that such as will administer the law in equity and justice should be sought for and upheld by the voice of the people if a republic, or the will of the sovereign.

4 We believe that religion is instituted of God; and that men are amenable to him, and to him only, for the exercise of it, unless their religious opinions prompt them to infringe upon the rights and liberties of others; but we do not believe that human law has a right to interfere in prescribing rules of worship to bind the consciences of men, nor dictate forms for public or private devotion; that the civil magistrate should restrain crime, but never control conscience; should punish guilt, but never suppress the freedom of the soul.

5 We believe that all men are bound to sustain and uphold the respective governments in which they reside, while protected in their inherent and inalienable rights by the laws of such governments; and that sedition and rebellion are unbecoming every citizen thus protected, and should be punished accordingly; and that all governments have a right to enact such laws as in their own judgments are best calculated to secure the public interest; at the same time, however, holding sacred the freedom of conscience.

6 We believe that every man should be honored in his station, rulers and magistrates as such, being placed for the protection of the innocent and the punishment of the guilty; and that to the laws all men show respect and deference, as without them peace and harmony would be supplanted by anarchy and terror; human laws being instituted for the express purpose of regulating our interests as individuals and nations, between man and man; and divine laws given of heaven, prescribing rules on spiritual concerns, for faith and worship, both to be answered by man to his Maker.

7 We believe that rulers, states, and governments have a right, and are bound to enact laws for the protection of all citizens in the free exercise of their religious belief; but we do not believe that they have a right in justice to deprive citizens of this privilege, or proscribe them in their opinions, so long as a regard and reverence are shown to the laws and such religious opinions do not justify sedition nor conspiracy.

8 We believe that the commission of crime should be punished according to the nature of the offense; that murder, treason, robbery, theft, and the breach of the general peace, in all respects, should be punished according to their criminality and their tendency to evil among men, by the laws of that government in which the offense is committed; and for the public peace and tranquility all men should step forward and use their ability in bringing offenders against good laws to punishment.

9 We do not believe it just to mingle religious influence with civil government, whereby one religious society is fostered and another proscribed in its spiritual privileges, and the individual rights of its members, as citizens, denied.

[redgirlinabluestate]

I liked this part.

"I do not believe Washington can be transformed from within by lifetime politicians," Romney said, seeking to turn a potential liability, his limited political experience, into an asset. "There have been too many deals, too many favors, too many entanglements - and too little real world experience managing, guiding, leading."

The comment was a veiled swipe at his top rival for the GOP nomination, four-term Sen. John McCain of Arizona.

[onyx]

Best wishes and good luck to Mitt Romney.

I'm glad he's officially announced.

The more candidates we have, the better!!

[TAdams8591]

Good news. Good speech and well delivered! : ) Thank you for the thread.

[PghBaldy]

WHY Dearborn MI? I think of Arabs and/or Muslims when I think of Dearborn (most Arab city in the world outside ME, based on percentage of pop).