Mitt Romney

PERSONAL DATA

• Party: Republican
  
• Age:60
• Marital Status: Married to Ann Romney
  
• Children: Tagg, Matt, Josh, Ben, and Craig
• Education:Brigham Young University, B.A., 1971; Harvard Law School, J.D.; Harvard Business School, M.B.A, 1975
• Occupation: Governor of Massachusetts, 2003-2007
• Ethnicity/ Religious Beliefs: White/ Mormon

PLATFORM 2008

• Iraq War Policy: In favor of troop surge
  
• Health Care Policy:Encourages states to develop market-based health care programs; now opposed to the universal health care program that he supported as Massachussets governor.
  
• Immigration Policy:Secure our borders, implement a mandatory proof documentation and employment verification system, and increase legal immigration into America.
• Cultural Policies: Pro-life
  
• Website(s): Mitt Romney for President
  

GOSSIP AND SPIN

• Romney's Mormon beliefs have been continually questioned throughout the campaign process. Although his ancestors were polygamists, Romney has said that he "can't imagine anything worse" than polygamy. Interesting...I could think of a few worse things.
• At a recent presidential debate, Romney said that instead of shutting down the prison at Guantanamo Bay, “we ought to double Guantanamo,” in part so that detainees “don’t get access to lawyers they get when they’re on our soil.” Like Bush and Alberto Gonzalez, he isn't a big fan of the Geneva Conventions either.