Mitt Romney's Book Tour: A 2012 Campaign Preview?
The tour for Romney's book, "No Apology: The Case for American Greatness," includes visits to 19 states and the District of Columbia. Among those states are key early battlegrounds Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida.
On March 2nd, Romney starts the tour in New York City, stopping at NBC's Today Show, ABC's The View, FOX's Sean Hannity and the Late Show with David Letterman on CBS.
He goes on to crisscross the country, visiting Florida, Nevada and a number of other states. He will also visit Toronto, Canada. (See the full schedule here.)
In the book, according to the release, Romney "argues that a strong America is essential not only for our own prosperity and security, but also for the prospects of peace and freedom throughout the world."
The former Massachusetts governor "asserts that Washington politicians have put the country on the road to decline and weakness – unless a new course is taken, America will be passed by others," the release continues.
Fox News reported Wednesday that Romney criticizes President Obama in the book for going "before so many foreign audiences to apologize for so many American misdeeds, both real and imagined."
"There are anti-American fires burning all across the globe; President Obama's words are like kindling to them," continues Romney, who goes on to attack the president for "the steady stream of criticisms, put-downs, and jobs directed at the nation he was elected to represent and defend."