Romney Campaign Recruits in Joplin

By: Susan Redden

Joplin Globe

Friday, Sep 14, 2007

"Strong support from Southwest Missouri could give former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney a victory in the state?s Republican presidential primary in February 2008. That was the assertion of state Rep. Rod Jetton, speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives, at a Joplin lunch held to recruit Romney volunteers.

"Jetton said he and state Sen. Gary Nodler, R-Joplin, met Romney after they were introduced by Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt, who also is working for Romney?s campaign in Missouri.

"Nodler, who is Seventh District coordinator for the Romney campaign, was at the luncheon, along with state Rep. Bryan Stevenson, R-Webb City, who will serve as Romney?s Jasper County coordinator."

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"'Jasper and Newton counties produce big margins for Republican candidates. Support here would help him take the state, and Missouri winner-take-all,' Jetton said.

"He said he likes Romney because he is a social and fiscal conservative who has pledged to veto any budget that grows faster than inflation.

"Nodler also noted Romney?s business background and management skills, which he said Romney used to address serious fiscal problems in Massachusetts and in planning for the Salt Lake City Olympics." ...

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