Pay as you go campaign? Interesting...

• jmog

  http://www.ohio.com/news/dyer/bob-dyer-romney-pays-own-freight-in-the-falls-1.341769
  
  So Romney's campaign contacts small towns ahead of time and asks for an invoice to pay the OT hours.
  
  Very interesting indeed...a candidate that cares about the "little guys"?
• sleeper

  

  Good for Romney.
• BGFalcons82

  

  From what I've read about Romney, this is in-line with his character. He's not some evil rich tax-avoiding woman-hater, as the leftist strawman would indicate.
  
  Let's also remember that Biden collects rent money from those assigned to protect him. What if the government stiffed 'ol Joe? Here's betting he'd act differently than the Ohio townsfolk in the article that just took it up the ass from Joe's team.
• QuakerOats

  Great article.
  
  The choice is clear -- go with the guy who can generate his own billions (and pays his own freight), or go with the guy who can waste other people's trillions.
• gut

  I just want to see what a guy with a strong business background can do. We have a history of too many lawyers in Washington. I guess the Bush's could be argued more as business people prior to politics, but I don't think it's nearly the same when you fall into oil money. Plus I don't think they were nearly as bright as CEO's like Romney and of larger companies.
  
  As far as fiscal/domestic policy, I don't see a big difference between running the country and a large corporation - don't spend more than you take in, and use debt as necessary. But in general I think there are far too many lawyers in Washington that don't understand how business or the economy work.
• gut

  I wonder what kind of disadvantage this puts Romney's campaign at if they are paying their own freight. Those tabs have to be adding up in to the millions (which would buy a lot of advertising).
• se-alum

  

  gut;1296690 wrote:I just want to see what a guy with a strong business background can do. We have a history of too many lawyers in Washington. I guess the Bush's could be argued more as business people prior to politics, but I don't think it's nearly the same when you fall into oil money. Plus I don't think they were nearly as bright as CEO's like Romney and of larger companies.
  
  As far as fiscal/domestic policy, I don't see a big difference between running the country and a large corporation - don't spend more than you take in, and use debt as necessary. But in general I think there are far too many lawyers in Washington that don't understand how business or the economy work.

  
  
  This is why I've never been big on Senators being able to make the jump to the Presidential office. The only job that truly prepares you to be a President is having governed a state.
• queencitybuckeye

  se-alum;1296695 wrote:This is why I've never been big on Senators being able to make the jump to the Presidential office. The only job that truly prepares you to be a President is having governed a state.

  Only *government* job.
• justincredible

  

  se-alum;1296695 wrote:This is why I've never been big on Senators being able to make the jump to the Presidential office. The only job that truly prepares you to be a President is having governed a state.

  What was Romney's approval rating when he left office?
• se-alum

  

  justincredible;1297214 wrote:What was Romney's approval rating when he left office?

  For the majority of his term he had a 50% or above approval rating. It was only when he stated he would not seek re-election, and turned to Politics on a national level that it dropped.