Questions for Governor Mitt Romney

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

This would make a great tool for anyone who is interviewing Mitt. You can see the questions that have already been asked a number of times, and which ones still need to be asked.

Abortion

1. So do you now believe that abortion is murder ? (George Stephanopoulos)
2. Should women who have abortions and doctors who perform them be jailed ? (George Stephanopoulos)
3. If it's killing, why should states have leeway ? (George Stephanopoulos)
4. What do you believe the punishment should be for an abortion ? (Stephanopoulos)
5. Have you changed your opinion on Abortion ? (Blitzer)
6. What is your current position on abortion ? (Blitzer)
7. How do you account for your change on abortion ? (Katherine Jean Lopez)
8. Were you faking it when you said you were pro-choice ? (Katherine Jean Lopez)
9. Do you support making abortion illegal ? (Dan Balz, David S Broder and Ruth Marcus )
10. What do you think about the partial-birth abortion ban ? (Mary Katharine Ham)
11. What policies would you initiate to show your sincerity ? (Mike Allen)
12. Would it be a good day for America if Roe v Wade was repealed ? (1st Debate)
13. Have you always been for life or effectively pro-choice ? (1st Debate)
14. When you said that being a pro-life president entails more than just appointing strict constructionist judges, was that directed at Giuliani ? (1st Debate)
15. What would you say to someone who lost a wife or a daughter to an illegal abortion if you named the Supreme Court justice who tipped the balance and over turned Roe v Wade ? (2nd Debate)
16. Governor Romney, during this campaign, you have been criticized -- and again tonight you've been criticized -- for changing your position on some issues. You say that it's a part of learning from experience. Can you point to an area in which your learning from experience led you to change to a position that is less popular with the Republican base ? (2nd Debate)

America

1. What do you dislike most about America ? (1st Debate)

Asia

1. Governor, you recently got back from a trip to Asia. What were you doing there? Katherine Jean Lopez
2. Did you have qualms going to China ? Katherine Jean Lopez

Background

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

Books

1. How can you read science fiction ? Hugh Hewitt

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? Brian Lamb

Bush

1. Do you have any problems with the president's policy on Iraq ? Wolf Blitzer
2. Where do you disagree with Bush on Iraq ? Chris Wallace
3. Should Scooter Libby should be pardoned ? 1st Debate

Business

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

Campaign

1. When you decided not to run again for governor, how much did your thought of running for president enter into that discussion?
2. So how's the campaign going for you so far ? Tom Bevan
3. What's the question you get asked most ? Tom Bevan
4. How do you turn your money advantage into a win ? Mary Katharine Ham
5. How do you stop overconfidence from getting into the system here ? Hugh Hewitt

Cabinet

1. Which current cabinet official would you keep ? 1st Debate

Character

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

Conservatives

1. What are some of the things you would offer conservatives ? Robert B Bluey
2. Do you regret comments you made about Jesse Helms and Ronald Reagan ?
3. Are you a clear and consistent conservative ? (2nd Debate)

Competition , Fred Thompson, John McCain, Rudy

1. What do you make of all the attention being given to Fred Thompson . Mike Allen
2. Do you look forward to his formal announcement ? Hugh Hewitt

Debate

1. What is your mission in the debate coming up at the Reagan Library, and what do you think will happen ? Mike Allen
2. What are the reactions around Team Romney today ? Hugh Hewitt
3. How many debates between now and 2008 do you think you'll have to go through ? Hugh Hewitt

Education

1. In you history, it includes Stanford for how long ? Brian Lamb
2. You finished first in your class at Brigham Young University in Utah ? Brian Lamb
3. Why did you go to Brigham Young ? Brian Lamb
4. How did you -- how were able to get an MBA and a law degree at the same time? Brian Lamb
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? Brian Lamb

Ehud Olmert

1. Are you surprised at the reaction to the handling of the Hezbollah war ? Hugh Hewitt

Family

1. Is divorse something voters should take into account ? (George Stephanopoulos)
2. Why did your father not give you any of his inheritance ? Brian Lamb
3. Did he have a philosophy that he didn't want to pass on a lot of money to his kids . Brian Lamb
4. 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? Brian Lamb
5. You can't be born out of the country and run for president, how did that work ? Brian Lamb
6. When did your father George Romney move to Utah ? Brian Lamb
7. 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 . Brian Lamb
8. How are you different from your father ? Brian Lamb

Flip Flops

1. Why isn't your pledge to not raise taxes a blatant appeal to the party base ? (2nd Debate)
2. Have you always been for life or effectively pro-choice ? (1st Debate)

Gay Rights

1. Should gays and lesbians be able to serve openly and honestly in the military ? George Stephanopoulos
2. Do you want to tell our viewers why you disagree with Mary Cheney ? Wolf Blitzer:
3. Would you accept another endorsement from the Log Cabin Republicans if it was offered to you? Robert B Bluey
4. Have your positions on gay rights changed ? Katherine Jean Lopez
5. Do you want to change don't ask don't tell ? Katherine Jean Lopez