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Mitt Romney against the debt deal - Maggie Haberman - POLITICO.com
Mitt Romney issues his most explicit statement today on any form of debt-ceiling deal:
“As president, my plan would have produced a budget that was cut, capped and balanced – not one that opens the door to higher taxes and puts defense cuts on the table. President Obama’s leadership failure has pushed the economy to the brink at the eleventh hour and 59th minute. While I appreciate the extraordinarily difficult situation President Obama’s lack of leadership has placed Republican Members of Congress in, I personally cannot support this deal.”
Mitt Romney made a poor choice by saying we shouldn't raise the debt ceiling. What I find even more amazing is he talks about a budget that is balanced but at the same time doesn't want to put defense cuts on the table. His position puts him on par with Bachmann on this issue.
This is not going to win him over many Conservative voters who don't trust him at all to begin with. What this will do however is draw more support to Huntsman who did support the deal from the moderates who support Romney.
Mitt Romney DID NOT SAY he wouldn't have raised the debt ceiling?--
What he stated was basically he would have supported the first passed house bill that was called--The cut--cap and balance bill. And of course that bill was to raise the debt ceiling if the bill passed.
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