Romancing The Conservatives

By: Ralph Z. Hallow and Stephen Dinan

Washington Times

Saturday, Mar 03, 2007

"Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney yesterday delivered a faultlessly tailored appeal to more than 1,000 grass-roots conservative activists hungry for a renewed commitment to limited government.

"Addressing the 34th annual Conservative Political Action Conference, Mr. Romney stood out from the pack of Republican presidential aspirants that included Rudolph W. Giuliani and Mike Huckabee by promising to end taxes on earnings from interest, dividends and capital gains, and to cap federal spending and veto every attempt to break that cap – whether proposed by a Republican or Democratic Congress.

"'I know how to veto. I like vetoes,' Mr. Romney said."

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"Mr. Romney, though, made the boldest overture of the day, saying it is 'time to take government apart and put it back together, but this time let's make it simpler, smarter and smaller.'" ...

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