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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Feb 6, 2012

No, Mr. President, under the definition of progress you made right here four years ago in Denver, you have not made progress.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Feb 6, 2012

But we're going to take our message of liberty and prosperity to every corner of the country. And when this primary season is over, we're going to stand united as a party behind our nominee to defeat Barack Obama and restore the values…

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Feb 6, 2012

These last few years haven't been the best of times. But while we have lost a few years, we have not lost our way.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Feb 6, 2012

For my dad, for my dad and for hundreds of thousands, millions of others like him, and like my mom as well, this was the land of opportunity. Where the circumstance of birth was no barrier to being able to achieve one's dreams.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Feb 6, 2012

This is a moment in time when our country is crying out for fundamental change and reform. Washington cannot reform itself and Washington will never be reformed by those who have been compromised by the culture of Washington.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Feb 6, 2012

Now, under President Obama, the average duration of unemployment has more than doubled. And there's some 14 million more people on food stamps today than when he took office. Again, by President Obama's own definition, he has failed, and…

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Feb 6, 2012

This was a good night for Rick Santorum. I want to congratulate Senator Santorum. Wish him the very best.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Feb 5, 2012

The polling, if you believe it, shows him losing a head-to-head matchup, 52-43, to the president among registered voters.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Feb 5, 2012

The good news for him, a slim majority think he'd do better than President Obama on jobs, the economy and the deficit.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Feb 5, 2012

The Romney campaign is fighting back hard on that polling, attacking the methodology.

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Jason Chaffetz
@jasonchaffetz· Republican · UT· Feb 1, 2012

I had asked you if you had spoken to President Obama, Secretary Clinton, or Secretary Napolitano.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Feb 1, 2012

Three years ago this week, a newly elected President Obama faced the American people and he said, look, if I can't turn this economy around in three years, I will be looking at a one-term proposition, and we're here to collect.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Jan 31, 2012

this should be about appropriate powers of the executive branch. It should not be about Republican or Democratic philosophies.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Jan 31, 2012

I'm in this race because I care about Americans. I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs repair, I will fix it. I'm not concerned about the very rich. They're doing just fine. I'm concerned about the…

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Jan 31, 2012

Yes. That is my understanding based on the text of the Constitution, based on the history of the Constitution, its original understanding, and on custom and practice as it has evolved over the last two centuries.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Jan 31, 2012

I understand and I share the frustration that so many Americans have expressed over the fact that there are delays at times.

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