Questions for Mitt Romney

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Actual questions asked from Mitt Romney Interviews , organized by subject. Click on the question for the answer.

Issues

Iraq

1. Do you keep Bush or let him go?
2. But how do you explain why all that planning wasn't done ?
3. Yet, you support the president's decision to send more troops right now?
4. Are you confident the surge is going to work ?

Iran

1. Does the president have the authority he needs to take military action against Iran.

 

1. what are the big issues?
2. How could you fix the budget?
3. Now you describe yourself as a Reagan Republican Describe the journey .

 

North Korea

1. Is the president nuclear deal with North Korea a good one .

Abortion

1. So do you now believe that abortion is murder ?
2. should women who have abortions and doctors who perform them be jailed ?
3. if it's killing, why should states have leeway ?
4. what do you believe the punishment should be for an abortion ?

Gay Rights

1. Should gays and lesbians be able to serve openly and honestly in the military?

Character

1. How do you convince voters that some of these changes are sincere, coming from conviction?

Guns

1. When did you join the NRA?

Healthcare

1. Do you think the country should have a Massachusetts healthcare plan .

Taxes

1. Why did you sign a pledge ruling out any tax increases ?

Sports

1. What do you think of what happened to Bode Miller and his attitude ?

Business

1. What does Bain do?
2. what impact did you have on the creation of Staples ?
3. how old were you when the Staples thing started ?
4. What other boards have you served on ?
5. Have you had a failure that you can talk about in business ?

Politics

1. How did you get elected governor of the state of Massachusetts ?

Massachusetts

1. Why did you pick Massachusetts as a place to stay after school ?
2. You are 47 now?

Decision to Run for President

1. When you decided not to run again for governor, how much did your thought of running for president enter into that discussion?

 

Father

Money

1. Why did your father not give you any of his inheritance ?
2. Did he have a philosophy that he didn't want to pass on a lot of money to his kids.

 

1. When you father thought of running for president in '64, and then actually ran for a while in '68, how old were you in those years and what did you experience during that time?
2. You can't be born out of the country and run for president, how did that work?
3. And when did he move to Utah?
4. At some point I noticed you were on the Points of Light Foundation board, but you go back to either your father starting the volunteer organization that merged into Points of Light? Explain that.

 

Brain Washing

1. Well, you know, if you ever look at the history of your father and running for president, they all say the same thing, it's all the "brainwashing" comment. Why would that have been the issue? I mean, why would he have been accused of saying something stupid about being brainwashed in Vietnam?

 

Background

 

1. Why did you pick Mitt over Willard?
2. Where were you born?

 

Education

1. In you history, it includes Stanford for how long ?
2. You finished first in your class at Brigham Young University in Utah ?
3. Why did you go to Brigham Young?
4. How did you -- how were able to get an MBA and a law degree at the same time?
5. And clearly it would be why you did well and, as you know, you finished well enough to give the valedictory address -- the question I want to ask you though is why do you think you did well? Other than having a lot of brainpower, did you have an approach to education?

 

Religion

1. Who was Brigham Young?
2. Well, if you go back -- and I found the name Pratt in your background who was some circuitous route related to Joseph Smith who was one of the founders of Mormonism.
3. Are you prepared to deal with attacks on your religion ?
4. Do you have an evangelical problem?
5. Has there been a mood change in the country about the importance of talking about religion?
6. Has there been a mood change in the country about the importance of talking about religion?
7. How does your faith inform your politics ?

 

 

Mission

1. One place that I found that you almost died (His Mission)

 

Personality

1. What type of leader are you?

 

Personalities

1. What would you copy from what Bush has done, if anything ?
2. Why is Dwight Eisenhower one of your favorite presidents ?

 

Personal

1. What's a normal day like?
2. What time do you get up?
3. What's the toughest personal crisis you've ever had to face ?
4. Are you worried that the stress of the campaign may inflame the MS ?

 

Divorce

1. Is divorse something voters should take into account ?

 

 

Source

• C-SPAN BRIAN LAMB