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...that illegal immigrants—an estimated 12 million work without official permits in the U.S.—contribute far more to the U.S. economy than they take away from it. If those workers were forced to leave the country, as former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney demands, the U.S. would suffer an immense economic crisis...
...Anna Amelia Pratt was born in the U.S. but also migrated to Mexico seeking protection because she was the granddaughter of Mormon apostle Parley Pratt, who had 12 wives and had also crossed the border seeking refuge. In Mexico she met Gaskell Romney, Mitt Romney’s grandfather. Their marriage took place in 1895 in Dublan, Mexico, and their children were born there...
...That's why all the leading candidates - Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama; Republicans John McCain, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee - have campaigned through Missouri in recent days. Obama and Clinton have made multiple stops as they scrambled for the edge in a race too close to call...
...Even so, two recent polls indicate that McCain is opening a substantial lead over Mitt Romney, whose main backer in the state is the unpopular lame-duck Gov. Matt Blunt. "We're down to a McCain-Romney fight," said Selck. "And it's my opinion John McCain is going to do well. Mitt Romney is the big-shot Easterner to all us poor folks. John McCain is a hero...
There had to be a metaphor somewhere - it was all too symbolic: Mitt Romney, the often-hyped Massachusetts governor turned presidential candidate, was watching the also-hyped New England Patriots as they approached the apparent verge of Super Bowl victory Sunday, just two days before the biggest election of Romney's life, Super Tuesday, when 21 states would shape the fate of his White House dreams...