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Why I'm for Romney

For the past five years or so, I have been a strong supporter of Mitt Romney's campaign for the GOP presidential nomination. If he is nominated this election cycle, which I have no doubt he will, I will be a strong supporter of his campaign for the Presidency. But first things first, right? A colleague of mine, who considers herself a liberal progressive, recently emailed me asking me to explain my support for Romney. Specifically, she wanted to know the following: Mitt's ability to create personal wealth and his business experience are supposed to be advantages to the problem solving we need to achieve a number of goals. I just don't get how these skills transfer to the policies we need to create living wage jobs for more Americans. In his experience, did he create the jobs we need? Etc. I think this is a perfectly rational question, and it is one that I have considered a great length over the years. Mitt Romney has consistently maintained that his business experie