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Former Massachusetts Governor and Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney
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  He bills himself as a "can-do" conservative - a business leader, CEO of the 2002 Olympic Games and a Republican governor of a heavily Democratic state. But critics say Romney's positions on issues like gay rights and abortion have shifted with the political winds. We talk with Mitt Romney about his bid for the White House with just weeks to go before the New Hampshire primary. Guest
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Regarding Iraq, you are fond of saying "America is at war". That is nonsense. Our military and their families are at war. The rest of us are spectators, experiencing no pain. As an advocate for a more robust presence in the Middle East, why don't you at least have the courage to say in the same paragraph that the spectators are now going to have to participate in the pain. That you will advocate an oil surcharge or income tax surcharge to pay for these wars NOW. Borrowing money on our kids account is shameful. Ironically, the young people actually fighting the war will have to pay for it out of their future.
When Gov. Romney was running for the Republican nomination for governor of Mass., he told the delegates to the nominating convention -- and I was one of them -- that to win in Mass., a Republican had to appeal to a majority of the indpendent voters. He did that to persuade delegates to accpet his moderate positions on the right to choice, among other issues. Does he think he has to win a majority of swing voters to become president, and if so, how hard can he twist the steering wheel to get back to the middle of the road?