Word: romneys
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...Then there's the fact that Romney has refused to become a candidate because of heavy pressures on him to concentrate on Michigan's problems. And Scranton, until now, has taken a similar position, but he could still get off the ground and be the logical compromise candidate in the event Goldwater and Rockefeller knock each other out. These dark horses, though, must start now. It's poppycock to say someone can be dragged in at the last moment from the wings. It just isn't done that way. If Romney or Scranton would move...
Michigan Governor George Romney's hopes for the Republican presidential nomination-if he really entertained any-came tumbling down last week...
...Romney had keyed the success or failure of his administration to Michigan's fiscal situation, which was a frightful mess. Working with his Republican legislative leadership, he drafted a fiscal reform program that included a 2% personal income tax, a 31% corporate profits tax, and a 6% income tax on financial institutions. It seemed a sound program for a state long tormented by a fiscal nightmare. But a special session of the legislature in Lansing last week buried Romney's proposals-and the interment was conducted no less by dissident Republicans than by Democrats. As a result, Michigan...
...Program." The burial began a fortnight ago, when the Senate voted 20-11 to keep the income tax bill off the floor. Romney mustered only eleven G.O.P. votes; nine Republicans and eleven Democrats voted against...
...days thereafter, Romney held long and fruitless meetings with members of both parties. He had little success with conservative Republicans and even less with Democrats. In one dramatic confrontation with about 40 House and Senate Democrats in his office, Romney declared: "I'm prepared to discuss with you any changes that you think will make the bill acceptable to you." Replied Democratic Lieutenant Governor T. John Lesinski: "We will not write your program. It is the responsibility of the executive to provide leadership. We stand ready to assist." Snapped Romney: "I'm not asking Democrats to write...