Summary of Governor Romney Speech to the Young Republicans

Governor Mitt Romney's Remarks At The Young Republican National Convention
Saturday, Jul 07, 2007

• We need change
o We need to do it in a Republican way by looking to our heritage
o Rely on ourselves and not Government
• Individual initiative is at the heart of America’s rise to leadership
• Democrats do not support the right kind of change
o They support higher taxes and bigger government
• I want to make the Bush cuts permanent, stop the death tax, and zero tax rate on dividends and capital gains for the middle class
o I will show fiscal restraint
o I will streamline government
• One difference between the parties are our health care solutions
o They want big Government
o I want people to have their own private, affordable, and private insurance
• Another difference is illegal immigration
o They want Amnesty
o I don’t
• Can’t hide like the Democrats want from the Asian Markets
o We must charge head first and compete• We are now facing new national security challenges
o The President has made some mistakes
o We should thank him for the good things he has done
o I will be aggressive towards terror as President
• We need someone strong for all this change
o The American People are strong
• It is not a time to shrink from conservative principles
o It is a time to rally around them
• America is Great

Summary:
Well the main summary is what I edited out of the outline to get the main points that you see above. Democrat bashing. While I do like the effort, it is not what America is looking for in a President. As far as the summary I was left with, it was not a deep speech, but did make some statements. For one, he lays out most of his plans for the economy: making the tax cuts permanent, stopping the death tax, zeroing out taxes on dividends and capital gains for the middle class, show fiscal restraint, and streamline government. He also talks about the need to compete with Asian countries instead of retreat. Even mentioning Asian markets in a statement is bold because many candidates are scared to even approach the topic. In a last strong move Governor Romney threw some support behind President Bush. That was strong.

In general Governor Romney used this speech to prove how far right he is on the wing..........and for that he did a good job. However, as soon as this speech is looked at outside the context of a speech to the Young Republicans it loses all credibility. I am a big believer that the higher up the political ladder you campaign the more every speech should be delivered in a way that any potential voter that wathches the speech would be proud to vote for you. That would obviously not be the case here. That is ok, Governor Romney is still rookie on the national scene. He will learn.........he just better hope it is fast.