Mitt Romney trashes Ted Cruz-style brinkmanship on government shutdown
WASHINGTON Mitt Romney made a rare foray into current events today to criticize GOP lawmakers chief among them Texas Sen. Ted Cruz who are threatening a government shutdown as a way to stall and defund Obamacare.
The APs intrepid Steve Peoples has the story from Wolfeboro, N.H., tonight, where the 2012 GOP presidential nominee spoke to 200 donors at a state party fund-raiser not far from his vacation home:
The event is closed to the media, but his office released his prepared remarks.
Romney says there are better ways to remove Obamacare than risking a government shutdown
I badly want Obamacare to go away, and stripping it of funds has appeal. But we need to exercise great care about any talk of shutting down government, Romney said in the first speech of its kind since his November election loss to Obama. What would come next when soldiers arent paid, when seniors fear for their Medicare and Social Security, and when the FBI is off duty?
More at
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2013/08/mitt-romney-trashes-ted-cruz-style-brinkmanship-on-government-shutdown.html/ .