JANUARY 20, 2012 He’s a Reaganaut with executive experience and discipline. By JOHN BOLTON With America’s future at stake in November, I decided to support Mitt Romney for three reasons: his Reaganaut philosophy, executive experience and general-election campaign strengths. Our country’s political focus on economic recovery has allowed President Obama to escape responsibility for his […]
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January 24, 2012 By John Hawkins 1/24/2012 During the practically endless series of Republican debates, we have heard almost every question imaginable asked to Republican candidates – if by every question imaginable, you mean horribly slanted, often irrelevant questions designed to make them look bad and help Obama. We’ve heard questions about contraceptives, religion, Newt’s
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JANUARY 18, 2012, 7:19 P.M. ET In the 1980s, the resilient U.S. economy saved itself from becoming Europe. Bain was part of the rescue. By DANIEL HENNINGER Not only did Bain Capital save America, but no matter what turn Mitt Romney’s political career takes, Bain Capital may stand as the best of Mr. Romney’s lifetime
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JANUARY 20, 2012 Why 4,300 people are suddenly out of a job. You know something’s wrong when a company like MetLife can’t find a buyer for its mortgage unit, fires 4,300 workers, and its stock rises. But such is the condition of America’s housing markets, where the risk of overregulation and litigation are so high
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JANUARY 14, 2012 ‘Supply-Sider’ for the Working Man Mitt Romney’s conservative rival Rick Santorum wants to grow the economy with tax breaks for manufacturing—and babies. By JAMES FREEMAN Manchester, N.H. ‘I’m someone who believes that making things creates wealth,” says Rick Santorum. It is primary day in New Hampshire, and the former Pennsylvania senator and
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JANUARY 13, 2012 By JONATHAN MACEY Mr. Macey is a professor of corporate law, corporate finance and securities law at Yale Law School. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Because private-equity firms are, by definition, equity investors, they make money only if they improve the performance of their companies. Private equity is last in line to be
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JANUARY 11, 2012 Romney has a good story to tell, if he’s willing to tell it. About the best that can be said about the Republican attacks on Mitt Romney’s record at Bain Capital is that President Obama is going to do the same thing eventually, so GOP primary voters might as well know what’s
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JANUARY 9, 2012 Romney at Bain: Big Gains, Some Busts By MARK MAREMONT Associated PressMitt Romney, with his parents and wife in 1994 announcing his candidacy for a Senate seat, a race he lost. Mitt Romney’s political foes are stepping up attacks based on his time running investment firm Bain Capital, tagging him with making
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