Friday, April 1, 2011

Mitt Romney talks the Economy and Foreign Affairs in Nevada

In his first public appearance in nearly a month, as he continues aggressively working behind-the-scenes to build a presidential campaign, Mitt Romney took time get a first-hand look at the home-foreclosure crisis in Nevada. He took a brief walking tour of a neighborhood before stopping in front of a home that is on the auction block.

Romney and Nevada Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki — a longtime Romney backer — met with the Tylers at their home before Romney took a walking tour of the neighborhood to take stock of the economic devastation that has left one in every five North Vegas homes under water.

"This is a national crisis," Romney told the handful of reporters gathered outside a foreclosed home on North Diazo St. "The tragedy of unemployment statistics, it's not just a number. It's real lives, real people.

"The impact of unemployment is really far greater than just the 14 million people who are out of work," he added. "It's really a tragedy."

Romney took the tour around the neighborhood with the Tylers while talking to them about their personal situation and the economy.

Romney is in Nevada to deliver a foreign policy address on Saturday to the Republican Jewish Coalition, a national organization that is holding its annual conference there.

The full story can be read HERE.

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The New York Times reported another part of a conversation Romney had while on the tour. I really like Mitt's dry humor. VERY FUNNY stuff:
At one moment when Mr. Romney was deep into his questions about mortgage and foreclosure problems, his head turned as a woman stopped her blue S.U.V. and rolled down the window.  
“I actually voted for you in the last election,” said the woman, Jennifer Fung, who later added that she, like Mr. Romney, was Mormon. 
“How much do I owe you?” he joked as he hurried over. 
Fifteen minutes later, she circled back around the block and asked for his autograph. He signed a white piece of paper and wrote the date, noting aloud that it was April Fool’s Day. As he stuck his head in the passenger window of her vehicle, he said: “If by some chance I become something someday, that might be worth saving. Otherwise, put it in the circular file.”

2 comments:

kelly said...

I'm glad to see Romney is out and about in Nevada. I think more and more people are realizing that he the the man to fix the economy

Closer To Home said...

key issues and battleground states