Examples of Governor Mitt Romney’s Innovations

  1. Redirecting government money formerly spent re-reimbursing emergency rooms, instead paying for health insurance premiums (more}
  2. Modifying the Massachusetts homeless policy of putting new people at the shelter into hotels, and putting those who have been in the shelter the longest into hotels, resulting in millions of dollars saved, and homeless people no longer going to hotels. (more)
  3. Negotiating a system, the only in the country according to my knowledge, that allowed state troopers to help out with illegal immigration. (more)
  4. Governor Mitt Romney supported innovation by leading his state as the only state in the union to adopt the use of only open standard software such as star office. (more)
  5. Governor Mitt Romney also supports innovation by wanting companies to spend more on R&D than lawsuits. "Another burden on our economic future is our out-of-control tort system. Last year, U.S. corporations spent more money on tort claims than they did on R&D."
  6. Mitt Romney is a tireless advocate of raising our school's test scores so that we can have the talent in engineering, math, and science that will allow us to stay competitive. "America and America's youth are less and less competitive. Yes, fixing our schools is a social responsibility. It is also a national economic and national security necessity." Governor Mitt Romney, Oral Testimony of Governor Mitt Romney House Committee on Education and the Workforce
  7. Mitt Romney created the Entrepreneurial Spirit Award that brought attention to innovative small businesses in Massachusetts.
  8. Romney promoted a competition in Massachusetts that rewarded cities with innovative approaches to smart growth. 04-19-2005 Press Release
  9. Mitt Romney had to do some innovative things to turn around Bain, create Bain Capital, save the 2002 Winter Olympics, and balance the budget in Massachusetts without raising taxes. I know he was very methodical at the way that he came in and saved Bain. He made a deal with all of the executives, with kind of an innovative deal that he would only take the CEO position given certain requirements. At the time, the whole field of venture capitalism was very innovative, and I think Romney was a pioneer of the industry. Also the 2002 Olympics had very innovative aspects to it, as far as cost saving methods, and the use of volunteers.
This are just some of the top things that came to my mind. It only took me a few seconds, and I know you will have many more examples. Please help me, I think this is very important.
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Governor Mitt Romney and Innovation

2007 quotes

  • "This place is not just about automobiles; it is about innovation, Innovation that transformed an industry, and in doing so, gave Americans a way of life our grandparents could never have imagined.
    • Governor Mitt Romney, 02-13-07 Governor Mitt Romney's presidential announcement

  • "Innovation and transformation have been at the heart of America's success. If there ever was a time when Innovation and transformation were needed in government, it is now.
    • Governor Mitt Romney, 02-13-07 Governor Mitt Romney's presidential announcement
  • "It is time for Innovation and transformation in Washington. It is what our country needs. It is what our people deserve.
    • Governor Mitt Romney, 02-13-07 Governor Mitt Romney's presidential announcement
  • "Throughout my life, I have pursued Innovation and transformation. It has taught me the vital lessons that come only from experience, from failures and successes, from the private, public and voluntary sectors, from small and large enterprise, from leading a state, from being in the arena, not just talking about it. Talk is easy, talk is cheap. It is doing that is hard. And it is only in doing that hope and dreams come to life."
    • Governor Mitt Romney, 02-13-07 Governor Mitt Romney's presidential announcement
  • "We strengthen the American people by giving them more freedom, by letting them keep more of what they earn, by making sure our Schools are providing the skills our children will need for tomorrow, and by keeping America at the leading edge of Innovation and technology."
    • Governor Mitt Romney, 02-13-07 Governor Mitt Romney's presidential announcement
  • "Our government has become a weight on the American people, sapping their strength and slowing their climb. We must transform our government – to become a government that is smaller and less bureaucratic, one with fewer regulations and more freedom for our people. The Innovation we need today is to make government more responsive to the needs of everyday American citizens. It's time to put government in its place, and to put the American people first!"
    • Governor Mitt Romney, 02-13-07 GOVERNOR MITT ROMNEY'S PRESIDENTIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
  • "As we look around us in this museum, we see the evidence of American Innovation – airplanes, automobiles, appliances. But these are not America's greatest innovation. America's greatest Innovation is freedom. Without freedom, we have nothing. With freedom, nothing can hold us back."
    • Governor Mitt Romney, 02-13-07 Governor Mitt Romney's presidential announcement

2006 quotes

  • "Charter schools are important centers for innovation, achievement and accountability in education. It is especially important for parents with children in low-performing districts to have an alternative, and I will continue to fight any measure that would restrict this choice or the addition of new charters."

2005 quotes

  • "I want to start by commending the Committee for your decision to engage in what I consider to be the greatest challenge facing our nation – how to remain the world leader in intellectual capital. Slowly, yet systematically, the advantage the United States has in producing and retaining the thought leaders of our world has been eroded. We are, I believe, at an inflection point that will determine whether America remains a strong and viable leader in a global world economy or whether, like Great Britain before us, we will allow other countries to become the drivers of innovation while the United States slowly fades into a nation of shopkeepers."
    • Governor Mitt Romney, 05-17-2005 U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce, Hearing on "High School Reform: Examining State and Local Efforts"
  • "We have every reason to believe Massachusetts can offer a lot more good jobs. Last year, we created incentives for new jobs and funding for innovation. We stepped up to the expansion plan at Hanscom and Natick laboratories that has the potential to create thousands of new jobs. We boosted workforce training. And we hit the bricks, selling Massachusetts. We marketed our state to hundreds of employers, many of whom I met personally."
    • Governor Mitt Romney, 01-13-2005, 2005 STATE OF THE COMMONWEALTH ADDRESS

2004 quotes

  • "Charter schools provide more alternatives in public education and encourage innovation and excellence. They hold teachers and administration accountable for the educational success of their students and give parents the chance to make choices regarding their children's education."
  • "Massachusetts is a world-class center of innovation. Let's work together to keep our jobs and keep our employers here in our state where they belong."

2003 quotes

  • " So being here this evening with Dr. Vest, Mr. d'Arbeloff, the Deshpandes and other scientists and leaders in the field of innovation and technology is something which I find to be beyond my capability. I want to underscore how important what you are doing is, not just for yourselves, but to our state, to our nation, and I believe to our total global economy and global population. "
  • "Let me come back to something more parochial, which is how our state fits into all of that and how you who are entrepreneurs and investors, financiers, faculty members and others who are associated with the process of innovation fit into, if you will, "our state." I am convinced that this is an extraordinarily attractive place to grow and develop ideas and technology. That this state has many of the features which are unique in our nation and perhaps in our world - the clusters of technology and capability that have assembled here -- means that enterprises that begin here begin with a natural advantage. We have also thought to keep the attractiveness of the, if you will, 'the Petri dish" here for technology innovation very robust and vital. There are some who would suggest we could solve our problems best by, for instance, raising our tax rates and business payroll taxes and so forth. I am afraid of going down the path California is going down. I am afraid that going to an 11% income tax will scare away innovation and scare away jobs. California is a beautiful place. We don't have their weather to compete with, so we have to compete on other bases. For us it's a place where that tax burden is not overwhelming with a 5.3% tax rate - they're going up to an 11% tax rate, with over 9% today. We have to make sure this is a place as attractive for people to come and grow their enterprise - our regulatory structure."
  • Governor Mitt Romney, Deshpande Center IdeaStream Symposium, 05-13-03
  • "The numbers are clear. Small businesses are not just apart of our economy. They are the engine of economic growth and innovation."
  • "Each month, we will present this award to an individual who, like Bernie Goldhirsh, uses innovation and drive to grow small ideas into the businesses that make Massachusetts the leader we are."

  • "I know as well that what you are doing here has impact well beyond my parochial interests in Massachusetts. I think we can all appreciate the broader context of what's involved. On a global basis, I'm convinced that you are seeing - as some have indicated in some recent journals and books -- the civilizations of the world weighing the values, which will be followed by their civilizations and by their peoples. On the one hand, we have the model of the US and other nations of the west -- which is model based upon individual entrepreneurship and individual decision-making and democracy. Everything related to the individual and the innovation and creativity of the individual, and saying the individual given full freedoms and incentives and opportunities for innovation, will create enormous innovation and potential for other people to live and grow from, and that this is the best way for building a civilization and an economy. There are other civilizations in our word that are convinced, that no, that's not the right model. That in fact you are much better under a more authoritarian structure where collectivity of purpose is defined as the objective and that this idea of individuality and innovation by individuals is actually quite counterproductive. And there is a debate between these differing views in the civilizations of the world today."
    • Governor Mitt Romney
  • "There's a common misperception that we do all the innovation and send off the grunt work to people offshore, that somehow American technology does all the high-end work and we send out routine drafting elsewhere. We have the perception we're the best and the brightest but we didn't score as well as others in some studies. We know this market but when our market is no longer the target market in the world, when India and China surpass us, the idea that we'll be innovating and they'll be copying is not an accurate perception."
    • Governor Mitt Romney, Forrester Research executive strategy summit in Boston

  • "Another burden on our economic future is our out-of-control tort system. Last year, U.S. corporations spent more money on tort claims than they did on R&D. If innovation is the key to our long term leadership, then some tort lawyers are cashing out our country's future. I spoke with one member of the plaintiff's bar the other day. He said that the tort lawyers are ok with state reform, but not national reform. You know what state level tort reform means - it means that as long as there is one lawsuit-friendly state, they can sue almost any major, deep-pocketed company in America. No thanks, America needs national tort reform."
    • Governor Mitt Romney,

"Our generation has not had a Sputnik moment…yet. But our Sputnik is on its way. It is coming from Asia. One of the great developments of our time is the economic emergence of China, India, and other nations of Asia. Their poverty is thankfully being reduced. And new opportunities for our employers are opening, but so are new challenges. Asia is not content with making our Christmas tree ornaments: they want to build commercial jets and MRI machines, create software and breakthrough drugs. They are planning for the innovation and technical capital of the world to move from America to Asia."
"And it is on its way. Corporate investment in Asia is exploding. CEO's in my high tech state tell me they plan to transfer major operations there, not for the low cost, but because of the highly educated, highly motivated and plentiful workforce. Bill Gates reports that Microsoft's new ideas come increasingly from Beijing."
"We take comfort in the fact that we spend many times as much as Asian nations on R&D but don't forget that our engineers cost about ten times as much as theirs."
"Two decades ago, American citizens and Asian citizens were awarded about the same number of Ph.D.s annually in physical science and engineering—about 5,000. Today, 4,400 US citizens receive those Ph.D.s compared with 24,900 Asian citizens."
"America and America's youth are less and less competitive. Yes, fixing our schools is a social responsibility. It is also a national economic and national security necessity."
* Governor Mitt Romney, Oral Testimony of Governor Mitt Romney House Committee on Education and the Workforce
 

Press Releases

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Michigan, Iowa, Alabama, and Detroit Photos

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Presidential candidate and Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney holds a press conference before speaking to Michigan Republicans during the Michigan GOP Convention in Grand Rapids, Mi. on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Adam Bird)
 
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Former Massachusetts Gov. and Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney, left, and wife Ann listen to the Pledge of Allegiance before his speech at the Missouri Republican Party's 108th Lincoln Days gathering Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007 in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Bill Boyce)
 
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney addresses members of the Alabama Republican Party, Friday, Feb. 9, 2007, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Kevin Glackmeyer)
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney listens to Lawrence Johnson, director of the Center for Crops Utilization Research at Iowa State University, after a tour Thursday, Feb. 8, 2007, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Steve Pope)
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Republican Mitt Romney meets with the media after addressing the Detroit Economic Club in Detroit, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007. Romney used the first major policy speech of his fledgling presidential campaign to promote permanent tax cuts, portable health insurance and free and open markets. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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Governor Mitt Romney Speech Transcripts:

I would like to maintain the most comprehensive list of Romney speech transcripts on the internet. If I missed any, and you know the password, please add them to this page:

http://myclob.pbwiki.com/Speeches

Or if I missed any, and you have the info, please e-mail it to me.

2007

  • 01-23-07; Excerpts from Governor Mitt Romney's Remarks at the Seventh Annual Herzliya Conference

2006

  • 09-05-2006; ROMNEY DENOUNCES KHATAMI VISIT TO HARVARD, Declines to provide escort, or offer state support for trip

2005

2004

2003

State of the State Speeches

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DNC attacking Romney

Please help me respond to DNC press releases attaching Mitt Romney.

I am copying DNC press releases about Romney to this location:

http://myclob.pbwiki.com/DNC

As always, I am putting brackets around key words which creates a link to whatever is in the bracket. Here is an example:

http://myclob.pbwiki/"whatever I put between the brackets [  ]"

What I am thinking is that is that we have the text of their press release, but whenever they say something stupid, we respond in parenthesis. Please tell me tell me if you think this will be effective, or if you can think of other ways of responding.

Just ask me for the password, and push the big edit button, and you can put your own responses. And no, the DNC, will not let you respond to their lies, because they are not interested in the truth.

Hopefully the Romney campaign will respond to the DNC attacks (and save us some work) so we can copy and paste, but until then, I think we do need to find some way to respond...

I think the press releases were written by a 3rd grader, so it shouldn't be too difficult.

Between our responses, and the links to the rest of the story, we should be able to help correct misinformation.

Click here for more info.

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Governor Mitt Romney and Intelligence

In addition to his work on the Olympics, he has served on the federal Homeland Security Advisory Council, chairing its working group on intelligence and information sharing.

Key Speeches

2007

  • 01-23-07; Excerpts from Governor Mitt Romney's Remarks at the Seventh Annual Herzliya Conference

2005

  • 09-07-2005; Homeland Security: Status of Federal, State, and Local Efforts

2006

  • 09-05-2006; ROMNEY DENOUNCES KHATAMI VISIT TO HARVARD, Declines to provide escort, or offer state support for trip

2004

  • 05-24-2004; Grading Progress on Homeland Security: Before and After 9/11

2003

  • 05-15-2003; INVESTING IN HOMELAND SECURITY: CHALLENGES FACING STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
  • 06-17-2003; "First Responders: How States, Localities and the Federal Government Can Strengthen Their Partnership to Make America Safer"
For Much more go here:

http://myclob.pbwiki.com/intelligence
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The U.S. is losing its advantage because of three main factors:

The U.S. is losing its advantage because of three main factors:

The U.S. is losing its advantage because of three main factors:

According to a study by McKinsey & Company, New York (a stratigic business consulting firm)...

"..the U.S. is losing its advantage because of three main factors:

1. The American regulatory framework, particularly Sarbanes-Oxley, is "a thicket of complicated rules, rather than a streamlined set of commonly understood principles, as is the case in the United Kingdom and elsewhere."

Mitt Romney was not just a CEO, he was a CEO of a STRATIGIC BUSINESS CONSULTING firm, Bain & Company. This firm charges companies money, to tell these companies what they should do differently to improve their performance. The most qualified person in the country to help our economy would be the CEO or former CEO of a strategic business consulting firm like Bain, or one of its competitors such as McKinsey & Company or the Boston Consulting Group .

As far as I know Mitt Romney is the only CEO or former CEO of a strategic business consulting firm running for president of the United States. I defy anyone to tell me of someone more qualified to be president of our countries economy than a former CEO of a strategic business consulting firm like Mitt Romney from Bain and Company.

According to the study the 2nd main factors causing the US to loose its advantage is:

2. While New York offers a promising talent pool for its financial services work force, "we are at risk of falling behind in attracting qualified American and foreign workers."

I see two problems. Education and the ability to recruit talent from over seas. Romney is the only candidate who is making any sense on either of these issues.

See this site for Romney's record on education:

http://myclob.pbwiki.com/Education

And here is just a small quote from Mitt Romney on the recruitment efforts of our country.

"Immigration has been an important part of our nation's success. The current system, however, puts up a concrete wall to the best and brightest, yet those without skill or education are able to walk across the border. We must reform the current immigration laws so we can secure our borders, implement a mandatory biometrically enabled, tamper proof documentation and employment verification system, and increase legal immigration into America."

Governor Romney: "We need to make America more attractive for legal immigrants for citizens and less attractive for illegal immigrants. I want to see more immigration in our country, but more legal immigration and less illegal immigration."
(AP, June 23, 2006)

3. The legal environments in other nations "far more effectively discourage frivolous litigation."

What do all of the Democratic candidates have in Common? Hillary was a lawyer for the Rose Law Firm. Barak Obama worked for the civil rights law firm Miner, Barnhill & Galland. John Edwards was a personal injury trial attorney. Mitt Romney graduated cum laude from the Harvard law school, but he did not sell his soal to the law-gods. He made money the old fashioned way, he earned it. John Edwards is the king of frivolous litigation. He made his fortune through corporate negligence and medical malpractice claims. Edwards was criticized for paying himself mostly through subchapter S corporate dividends, rather than a salary, to take advantage of a tax-law loophole that allowed him to avoid paying $591,000 in Medicare taxes.

So who do you think will do better at "discourage frivolous litigation"? Mitt Romney, Harvard Law Degree (cum laude) but chose a business career, or Barak Obama the civil rights lawyer, or John Edwards the corporate negligence and medical malpractice lawyer?

Mitt Romney, the only candidate who has an MBA, let alone a Harvard NBA. The only candidate who has probably ever read the economist, or Harvard Business Review. Mitt Romney in 08!

~ Mike

Title: "Preserving U.S. Advantages: A Business-Strategic Approach to National Leadership"


1. Issue 1: Regulatory Framework

    - The U.S. regulatory system, particularly Sarbanes-Oxley, is complex and less streamlined than other countries like the UK.

    - Mitt Romney, as a strategic business consultant, would have experience in dealing with complex regulatory systems and proposing more efficient alternatives.

    - Relevant Link: [Your Website's Page on Regulatory Reform]


2. Issue 2: Workforce

    - The U.S. is falling behind in attracting qualified American and foreign workers.

    - Education and ability to recruit talent from overseas are highlighted as key problems.

    - Romney's stance on education and immigration reform is presented as a solution.

    - Relevant Links: [Your Website's Page on Education], [Your Website's Page on Immigration]


3. Issue 3: Legal Environment

    - Other countries' legal environments discourage frivolous litigation more effectively than the U.S.

    - The legal backgrounds of Democratic candidates are presented as potential hindrances to this improvement.

    - Romney, with his legal background from Harvard Law, is presented as a more business-oriented candidate who would not be beholden to "law-gods".

    - Relevant Link: [Your Website's Page on Legal Reform]


4. Conclusion: Strategic Business Leadership

    - Romney's business, legal, and educational background positions him as a unique candidate capable of addressing these issues.

    - Romney's credentials include his MBA from Harvard Business School, his experience as a CEO, and his interest in business and economics.

    - Relevant Link: [Your Website's Page on Mitt Romney's Qualifications]


Interested Parties:

    - Business owners and workers interested in regulatory reform

    - Individuals and organizations focused on education and immigration reform

    - Parties affected by legal proceedings and interested in litigation reform

    - Supporters of Mitt Romney and his policies


Key opposing interests:

    - Supporters of current regulatory policies

    - Parties interested in maintaining current education and immigration policies

    - Supporters of Democratic candidates and their backgrounds

    - Those who oppose business-focused leadership in politics


Alternate expressions: #StrategicLeadership #RomneyReform #BusinessMindsetForAmerica


To measure the effectiveness of solutions proposed, consider:

    - Regulatory efficiency: Decrease in time and resources needed to comply with regulations

    - Talent attraction and retention: Increases in qualified workforce and decrease in brain-drain

    - Reduction in frivolous lawsuits: Decrease in the number of non-meritorious legal cases

    - Electoral success: Progress of Romney or similar candidates in political races. 


To encourage commitment to the proposed solutions, strategies might include:

    - Publicizing the issues and potential impacts of current policies on American competitiveness

    - Highlighting the successes of nations that have implemented similar solutions

    - Demonstrating Romney's (or similar figures') leadership skills and results from their business career

    - Conducting public discussions and educational campaigns about the benefits of the proposed reforms


a) Beliefs one must also reject to reject this belief:

   - The U.S. regulatory framework is optimal for business growth and competitiveness.

   - The U.S. has no issues attracting, retaining, and developing qualified workers.

   - The U.S. legal environment efficiently discourages unnecessary and frivolous litigation.


b) Alternate Expressions:

   - #RevitalizeUSEconomy

   - "Regulation, Recruitment, Litigation: A Triple Threat to U.S. Competitiveness"

   - "Addressing the Triad of U.S. Competitive Challenges"


c) Objective Criteria to measure the strength of this belief:

   - World Bank's Ease of Doing Business ranking (for regulatory framework).

   - Reports on talent migration, global skills gap analyses (for talent pool issues).

   - Legal system efficiency indices, statistics on frivolous lawsuits (for legal environment).


d) Shared interests between those who agree/disagree:

   - Interest in U.S. economic growth and stability.

   - Interest in job creation and skilled labor force.

   - Interest in maintaining U.S. global leadership and competitiveness.


e) Key opposing interests between those who agree/disagree:

   - Views on regulatory reform: some might see regulations as necessary for fairness and safety, while others see them as burdensome.

   - Views on immigration and education policy: debates around how to attract and retain talent, how to reform education.

   - Views on legal reform: debates around how to balance discouraging frivolous lawsuits with preserving people's right to seek legal remedy.


f) Solutions:

   - Simplifying and streamlining regulations to support businesses.

   - Implementing effective education and immigration policies to bolster the talent pool.

   - Undertaking legal reforms to minimize frivolous lawsuits.


g) Strategies for encouraging commitment to a resolution:

   - Lobbying for regulatory, immigration, and legal reforms.

   - Building coalitions between businesses, educational institutions, and policymakers.

   - Running public awareness campaigns about the importance of these issues to U.S. competitiveness.

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