Mitt Romney is running for President. He has experience as governor of Massachusetts from 2002-2006. He has 5 sons and 16 grandchildren with his wife, who has battled breast cancer. If elected, Romney plans to submit a jobs package to Congress within 30 days and use his executive powers to ensure its passage. He believes power should be relinquished to states rather than the federal government claiming solutions. Romney graduated from Brigham Young University and earned dual degrees from Harvard. He has worked as a business consultant and was CEO of Bain Capital.

1. Presidential Candidate: ______________Mitt_Romney__________________ Group Leader: ____Nick_______________________ Class
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Background Personal Life and Issues Solutions Pros of the Candidate Cons of the Candidate (Negative
(Education and Beliefs (Positive qualities people are qualities people are discussing
Occupation) discussing during campaign) during campaign
1 He was elected Has 5 sons Unemployment On first day in Governor of Massachusetts in Cant balance budget
governor for Wife had breast is 10%, and office, he will 2002; has experience
Massachusetts in cancer duration of submit a jobs Face hardship
2002 unemployment package to
is 40.4 weeks Congress
consisting of at
least five major
proposals and
will demand that
Congress act on
the package
within 30 days,
using every
power at his
disposal to
ensure its
passage
2 Graduated from Him and his wife Country facing Wants to Spent most of his life in a Not a career politician
Brigham Young met in elementary array of threats relinquish power private sector, giving him
University in 1971 school and to the states intimate knowledge of how
opportunities instead of our economy works
claiming to have
the solution to
every problem

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3 He earned dual Between him and His plan seeks to Also been an outstanding Tax payers were being required
degrees from his wife they have 5 GDP has still reduce taxes, public servant to pay more
Harvard law and sons an 16 not recovered spending,
Harvard business grandchildren to its pre- regulation, and
school recession level government
programs
Background Personal Life and Issues Solutions Pros of the Candidate Cons of the Candidate (Negative
Beliefs (Positive qualities people are qualities people are discussing
discussing during campaign) during campaign
4 He worked as a Born in Detroit on Religion is still He will rebuild Fought hard to bring new House votes 235-190 to end
business March 12,1947 seen by many foundations of businesses to Massachusetts taxpayer funding of presidential
consultant for as an the American elections
several years impediment to economy on the
greater appeal principles of free
among socially- enterprise, hard
conservative work, and
evangelical innovation
Christian
primary voters

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5 Was the CEO Bain He is Mormon Labor market Seeks to He help rebuild companies He does not believe in gay rights
&company continued to increase trade, such as Domino’s Pizza and
shrink and an energy Staples , Sports Authority
additional 2.5 production, Superb manager
million jobs human capital,
were lost. and labor
flexibility