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Romney to offer ideas for stimulus
Politico ^ | 2009-01-10 | Patrick O'Connor

Posted on 01/12/2009 12:28:13 PM PST by rabscuttle385

Former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney is slated to offer House Republicans his policy prescriptions for the ailing economy at a hearing next week to discuss the pending stimulus package.

The former Massachusetts governor is scheduled to appear at a hearing next Thursday organized by party Whip Eric Cantor (Va.), where Republicans will outline their policy proposals for a massive economic stimulus bill that could exceed $800 billion.

"Last week, President elect-Obama challenged the House Republicans to help him craft a stimulus bill. We are embracing this challenge and asking as many people as possible to help us create the ideas we need to cut taxes on middle-class taxpayers and small businesses," Cantor Deputy Chief of Staff Rob Collins said. "Gov. Romney as a businessman and former governor has the knowledge to know what our economy needs to ensure we create real long-lasting jobs and make it easier to raise a family in America."

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government
KEYWORDS: 111th; bhostimulus; cantor; competence; ericcantor; gop; house; mittromney; rino; romney
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1 posted on 01/12/2009 12:28:14 PM PST by rabscuttle385
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To: fieldmarshaldj; Diogenesis

ping!


2 posted on 01/12/2009 12:29:25 PM PST by rabscuttle385 ("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
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To: rabscuttle385

Stepping up Ping!


3 posted on 01/12/2009 12:29:27 PM PST by Troll_House_Cookies (Ironically, Chancellor Obama's first re-education camp will be in Alaska.)
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To: rabscuttle385

Would a real Conservative please stand up.


4 posted on 01/12/2009 12:32:13 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I see that Kenya's favorite son has a new weekly Saturday morning radio show.)
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To: rabscuttle385

Willard tries to stay relevant. Buenos Suerte.


5 posted on 01/12/2009 12:34:02 PM PST by Lou Budvis ("I did not have sex with that woman..." = "I did not have contact with the governor..")
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To: rabscuttle385

Keep your Socialism to yourself, Mitt.


6 posted on 01/12/2009 12:34:08 PM PST by wastedyears (In Canada, Santa says "Ho Ho, eh?")
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To: DoughtyOne

I don’t really want to hear from 2012-ers unless they’re bashing Obama. If they’re being conciliatory or trying to work together or whatever— thanks but no thanks.


7 posted on 01/12/2009 12:34:23 PM PST by exist
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To: rabscuttle385

We know what Slick Willard wants.

8 posted on 01/12/2009 12:34:31 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: rabscuttle385

As a liberal Republican I doubt conservatives will be listening to Myth Romney.

Willard could advise Obama on how best to impliment RomneyCare on a national basis.


9 posted on 01/12/2009 12:36:21 PM PST by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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To: rabscuttle385

Thank you, Mr. Romney! Your experience and expertise is greatly needed at this time.


10 posted on 01/12/2009 12:37:19 PM PST by GOP_Lady
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To: exist

I agree. I don’t really want a repeat of 2008 either. Frankly, I’d like to see a new set of leaders crop up, ones that have hawked real Conservative values throughout their careers. I don’t want to have to wonder if a guy is really changed, or if he is simply sugar coating what he intends to do, in order to get my vote.


11 posted on 01/12/2009 12:38:08 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I see that Kenya's favorite son has a new weekly Saturday morning radio show.)
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To: redgirlinabluestate; Norman Bates

Important PING!


12 posted on 01/12/2009 12:38:44 PM PST by GOP_Lady
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To: rabscuttle385
What a guy.

Hang on Romney ... that anchor, the Rinopublican Party, is headed for the bottom of the sea.

We I only hope the chain breaks before it hits the bottom.

13 posted on 01/12/2009 12:40:14 PM PST by G.Mason (If you surrender your right to own a gun, you surrender your right to your life)
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To: rabscuttle385
Try this plan: no new federal employees except from the ranks of those willing to forgo social security. Start cutting the bottom performing quin tile at age 35 and annually thereafter and send them to find work in the private sector to create the necessary vacancies.
14 posted on 01/12/2009 12:41:08 PM PST by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or, are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
We know what Slick Willard wants.

To "stimulate" the economy?


15 posted on 01/12/2009 12:41:14 PM PST by rabscuttle385 ("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
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To: rabscuttle385

It may be that there is something in the current crisis that is new and original, but everything that has happened thus far are things that have happened before with relatively well known solutions.


16 posted on 01/12/2009 12:41:26 PM PST by griswold3 (a good story is more compelling than the search for truth)
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To: rabscuttle385

Mitt Romney is scheduled to appear at a hearing next Thursday organized by party Whip Eric Cantor.

17 posted on 01/12/2009 12:41:47 PM PST by GOP_Lady
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To: GOP_Lady
What a joke!


18 posted on 01/12/2009 12:44:44 PM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin is a smart missile aimed at the heart of the left!)
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To: DoughtyOne

Without changes in the primary system that need to be made now, 2012 will be worse than 2008. Liberal states are still first. There will be no competitive Dim primaries to keep them from crossing over and voting for someone like Romney that will lose to Obambi.


19 posted on 01/12/2009 12:46:05 PM PST by Ingtar (Americans have truly let America down. A sad day.)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

No, not a joke at all for the following reasons:

1. Mr. Romney is the person with the experience and expertise to handle the current environment; and

2. The GOP can’t just say, “No.” They have to come up with a plan of their own.

I am thrilled that the GOP members have asked for his help and advice. I thought I wouldn’t see this after McCain’s loss.


20 posted on 01/12/2009 12:47:34 PM PST by GOP_Lady
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