Mitt Romney’s thirteen-minute address to the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Friday (February 27th) not only drew prolonged applause and cheers, but also started immediate speculation among the 8,000-plus CPAC participants: was this speech of the former Massachusetts governor and ’08 Republican Presidential hopeful the kickoff to a second White House bid in 2012?
Along with addressing the new President’s economic stimulus package and budget, Romney also weighed in on foreign policy and national security.
“[American] troops are coming home [from Iraq] in larger numbers in spite of Barack Obama’s stance, not because of it,” the Bay State man said, prompting prolonged cheers, “and they are coming home in victory!” Romney went on to note that Obama has said he will tear down the prison for terrorists at Guantanamo “without giving the slightest indication of the next stop for the killers being held there now.” He branded that the “very kind of thinking that left America vulnerable before the attack on September 11 [2001].” Again, there were prolonged cheers and chants of “USA! USA!” that have been heard often since 9/11.
Romney strongly underscored the need to finish the war on terrorism, pointing out that it is “the gravest matter of national security [when] Jihadists are still at war with America.” In Romney’s words, “there is no greater duty than vigilant defense and no greater cause than a victory for freedom.”
Coupled with his win in this year’s CPAC straw poll for 2012 Republican presidential hopefuls, Mitt Romney’s address could easily be the start of something big.
>> read full piece by John Gizzi @ Human Events
'Romney’s CPAC Speech Wows Conservatives'
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