Romney Warns Spending Cuts Will Slow Recovery
Mitt Romney warned in Michigan on Tuesday that if Congress cuts the budget too quickly, the economy could contract, a popular idea with economists but a huge departure from Republican orthodoxy that insists spending cuts will boost growth overall.
"If you just cut, if all you're thinking about doing is cutting spending, as you cut spending you'll slow down the economy," Romney said. "So you have to, at the same time, create pro-growth tax policies."
NBC, which reported the above quote, reached out to small government group Club For Growth, whose vice president for government affairs, Andy Roth, was unsurprisingly upset.
"It's hogwash," he said. "It confirms yet again that Romney is not a limited government conservative."
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The cartoons and ads write themselves 
Santorum, on the other hand, is effed up to the point of ludicrous. You can only go so far with Sacred Sperm Santorum.
From the story that TPM linked to: A Romney spokesperson, commenting on Romney's comments, stated in part: "As (Romney) made clear in his economic plan, he believes that spending cuts that reduce the size of government and balance the budget are crucial to economic growth and job creation." (from the MSNBC story)
When I read the headline, I was expecting to see a quotation from one of his campaigns in Massachusetts. Back then he described himself as a "progressive" (to be fair, though, I don't think he ever said "severely progressive"
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It is surprising that the Massachusetts Mitt got out of his cage and made a sensible comment. What's not surprising is that National Mitt (the severely conservative one) immediately sent his minions out with nets to capture Massachusetts Mitt and try to make the voters forget they ever saw him.
