The son of George W. Romney (the former Governor of Michigan) and Lenore Romney, Mitt Romney was raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and later served as a Mormon missionary in France. He received his undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University, and thereafter earned Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration joint degrees from Harvard's law and business schools. Romney entered the management consulting business, which led to a position at Bain & Company, where he eventually served as CEO and brought the company out of crisis. He was co-founder and head of the spin-off company Bain Capital, a private equity investment firm that became highly profitable and one of the largest such firms in the nation. The wealth Romney accumulated there would help fund his future political campaigns. Very active in his church, he served as ward bishop and later stake president in his area. He ran as the Republican candidate in the 1994 U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts, losing to incumbent Ted Kennedy. Romney organized and steered the 2002 Winter Olympics as head of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, and helped turn the troubled games into a financial success.
Romney was elected Governor of Massachusetts in 2002, but did not seek re-election in 2006. He presided over a series of spending cuts and increases in fees that eliminated a projected $3 billion deficit. He also signed into law the Massachusetts health care reform legislation, which provided near-universal health insurance access via subsidies and state-level mandates and was the first of its kind in the nation. During the course of his political career, his positions or rhetorical emphasis have shifted more towards American conservatism in several areas.
Mitt Romney, was probably never much of a lock that traditional media seems to believe, but the results of Saturday in South Carolina, the principal remains came as a surprise.
Newt Gingrich, rising from the ashes policy for the second time with two performances lively debate this week and snatched a victory unlikely in the Palmetto State.
With 40 percent of the vote to Mitt is 27 years old, and almost all reports speaker, Newt won big and turned liquid Republican presidential race on its head again.
Just last week, Romney seemed likely to win all three initial competition, a scenario that could put him on the road relatively clear in the appointment.
But with Thursday's announcement that Rick Santorum actually won Iowa, followed by the results today, Romney is now a front-runner who has lost two of the three.
The result was a quick turnaround extraordinary fortune Gingrich, after it has ended up the top three in both Iowa and New Hampshire.
Was then described his candidacy as Newt had granted him his campaign could be over for good tonight if he failed to turn in a solid performance.
This in turn has such a performance, and as such, the quest to represent the Republican Party against President Barack Obama in November is quite far from over.
This marks the first time that three different Republican candidates have won the first trio of the competition in what was an unpredictable race from the beginning.
Since 1980, every winner in South Carolina GOP primary has gone on to win the nomination, but if Gingrich can continue this series is far from certain.
Romney is by far the most formidable resources and financial organization, giving him a big tip of Florida, which holds its January 1, 31, and beyond.
Santorum finished third and fourth of Ron Paul in South Carolina. Candidates face off in a debate again Monday night in Tampa. Stay tuned.
Newt Gingrich, rising from the ashes policy for the second time with two performances lively debate this week and snatched a victory unlikely in the Palmetto State.
With 40 percent of the vote to Mitt is 27 years old, and almost all reports speaker, Newt won big and turned liquid Republican presidential race on its head again.
Just last week, Romney seemed likely to win all three initial competition, a scenario that could put him on the road relatively clear in the appointment.
But with Thursday's announcement that Rick Santorum actually won Iowa, followed by the results today, Romney is now a front-runner who has lost two of the three.
The result was a quick turnaround extraordinary fortune Gingrich, after it has ended up the top three in both Iowa and New Hampshire.
Was then described his candidacy as Newt had granted him his campaign could be over for good tonight if he failed to turn in a solid performance.
This in turn has such a performance, and as such, the quest to represent the Republican Party against President Barack Obama in November is quite far from over.
This marks the first time that three different Republican candidates have won the first trio of the competition in what was an unpredictable race from the beginning.
Since 1980, every winner in South Carolina GOP primary has gone on to win the nomination, but if Gingrich can continue this series is far from certain.
Romney is by far the most formidable resources and financial organization, giving him a big tip of Florida, which holds its January 1, 31, and beyond.
Santorum finished third and fourth of Ron Paul in South Carolina. Candidates face off in a debate again Monday night in Tampa. Stay tuned.
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