Romney: Waffles and Bain in 2012

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As he has been running for president since 2007, Willard Mitt Romney is a man who needs no introduction within political circles. After all he is currently the front-runner in the Republican primary field for the 2012 presidential nomination. However, he has been known as a political opportunist; often appearing to choose positions simply because they are popular at the moment. Therefore, let us take a look at the many sides of Mitt Romney.

Mitt Romney has quite an illustrious resume which likely led to his presidential ambitions. The son of a Michigan governor, he graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School. Following law school, he worked for a few businesses before being hired by Bain Capital. Eventually he became Bain's CEO. After losing to Ted Kennedy in a Massachusetts Senate race, he went on to run the 2002 Winter Olympics, reportedly turning the event from a financial black hole into a success. Following that, he presided over a balanced budget, and universal health care as the 70th governor of Massachusetts.

One would think that after such a stellar background, he would be a shoo-in for the GOP nomination. However, the right-wing Club for Growth complains that he has a "stellar reputation as a flip flopper" adding that he "has changed his position on several economic issues, including taxes, education, political free speech, and climate change." Seems with all those flip-flops, he's just not reliably right-wing enough for that group.

For example, back in 2008, Romney vehemently opposed the now successful bailout of the Big Three auto companies, preferring to let them go bankrupt. In a New York Times op-ed titled "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt" he, in no uncertain terms, said that bailing out the companies would lead to their "demise." But, now that General Motors is set to add 2,500 jobs, and Chrysler has repaid its loan early, Romney is singing a different tune. In fact, he is now claiming that it was his idea.

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