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Mitt Romney goes severe. This must be what Mitt Romney meant when he called himself "severely conservative": He'd slash budgets beyond the tea party's wildest dreams. While there's not an actual formal budget out of the Romney campaign, HuffPo's Andrew Taylor reviewed campaign documents and Romney's statements to get a fuller, bleak, picture of the Romney budget. First and foremost, defense spending would be increased, while non-defense programs would incur "larger cuts than those called for in the tightfisted GOP budget that the House passed last month.
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When it comes to budget and taxes, Mitt Romney's strategy is to sound like he's explaining things without actually explaining anything. Make big promises about lowering taxes and balancing the budget while denying that he'd accompli... Read Post

Mitt Romney continues to position himself on the right Mitt Romney on the trail yesterday in Idaho, which with 32 delegates actually will have more clout at the GOP convention than Michigan, which has 30: "If you want a fiscal conse... Read Post

The Ryan budget should be a conservative dream: Slash all domestic spending except for the Pentagon, and cut the taxes of the 1%. Medicare and Medicaid as we know them will be gone, and our pensions will be used to give Mitt Romney ... Read Post