Thread: Romney Visits Pittsburgh, Talks Trip With Dog

Romney Visits Pittsburgh, Talks Trip With Dog

POSTED: 5:08 pm EDT June 28, 2007
UPDATED: 6:43 pm EDT June 28, 2007

CORAOPOLIS, Pa. -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said in Pittsburgh on Thursday and talked about a family trip he took a number of years ago where he put his dog on the roof of the car for the entire 12 hours.

Romney said the dog, who was in a cage that was strapped to the car's hood, love it.

During the trip to the city, Romney also said he doesn't favor deporting the estimated 12 million unlawful immigrants in the United States but also doesn't want them to receive a "special pathway" to legal residency.

The Senate's failure to pass the president's immigration plan was a "victory for the people," the former Massachusetts governor said Thursday.

"People-one, Washington politicians-zero," Romney told reporters. "I think the failure of this bill is related to the Washington politicians' failure to connect with the American people."

Romney was in Pittsburgh for a fundraiser at the exclusive Duquesne Club, where GOP presidential hopeful and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani held a fundraiser Wednesday.

Supporters of President Bush's plan to legalize millions of unlawful immigrants failed Thursday to get the necessary vote in the Senate to limit debate and clear the way for final passage of the legislation.

"The people's voice was loud enough and clear enough that the politicians had to retreat," Romney said. "The bill was flawed and for that reason is not going to be contemplated."

Romney said he wasn't opposed to immigration.

"We value immigrants, but we value legal immigration," Romney said.

Romney said he wants current laws enforced as well as a reliable employment-verification system for immigrants. Unlawful immigrants, he said, should "get in line with other immigrants waiting for permanent residency."

"I'm not looking to reduce the number of immigrants that come to our country or reduce the number of immigrants who are in our country," Romney said.

On the issue of Iraq, Romney said while he respects the views of Republican senators who have called for a change in the course of the war "it's too early to make that call."

Like Giuliani, Romney said he wants to hear what the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, has to say in September when he reports on whether Bush's troop increase is working.

"We very much hope the troop surge works," Romney said.

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/new ... t&psp=news

Well............we know for sure where Romney stands on the illegals!!!!!!!!!!

Keep them here!!!!!!!!!!!!!

America Loses; America's Mayor Wins
Friday, June 8 at 10:12 AM

Rudy Giuliani didn't kill the anti-immigration bill. But he must be thrilled that he played a role -- by pretending he was against it. To his benefit, the "typical Washington mess" just got messier.

And now he gets to look like a real Republican - tough on 9/11, tough on immigrants (although he is on record welcoming illegal immigrants), and tough enough to wear a dress when he has to.

It was such a victory for him, he might even want to get back into the Ames Straw Poll competition. Could he be Iowa's mayor again?

As for winners and losers:

George Bush loses. But he's out of the country. Given his influence on his own party, he might as well stay. This might have been his last chance for any major legislative victory.

John McCain loses - unless he wins by the issue going away. (I'm thinking the issue doesn't go away, that McCain is tagged by immigration reform, by having his name next to Ted Kennedy's and that people -- read: Republican opponents -- keep reminding him of that. And, of course, Kennedy loses, too. He never really convinced his fellow liberals this was a good bill.)

Mitt Romney doesn't particularly win or lose -- except that McCain loses. Of course Giuliani wins (see above.) And nobody mentions, for a while anyway, Romney's Guatemalan gardner.

Tom Tancredo thinks he wins. It's his issue. His side won. Tancredo's only role was to channel all the anger that's out there, particularly in the Republican party. Once you watched the Republican debate, it was clear that the bill could never pass.

Yes, polling showed that a majority of voters backed the plan, but the opponents hated it more than having to press one for English. You could see Republican politicians ducking and running - if not for the border, at least for the cameras. On the other hand, the fence is on hold for now.

It's not all win for Tancredo, though. On the down side, since there is now no need to harrass reluctant Republican senators, he now has no excuse not to campaign every weekend in New Hampshire or Iowa.

http://blogs.rockymountainnews.com/denv ... yor_w.html

TALK ABOUT SORE LOSERS......
But he hit the nail on the head about Guiliani, the USER of 9/11....the mayor who was only in office 3 months after 9/11 and took all the credit for NYC's recovery!