Romney Pushes His Strong Michigan Ties
TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. -- With his wife Ann by his side, Mitt Romney told voters in this snowy northern Michigan town that he is the candidate best qualified to get the state's lagging economy back on track.
"I'll make sure Michigan comes back again," Romney said to an enthusiastic crowd of about 250 people. "I will give it my all. I come from a good line of Romney's who care about people."
Both Romney and his wife were both born and raised in the state, and the former Massachusetts governor has made his personal ties to the state a key part of his stump speeches here.
Today it was Mrs. Romney who offered a fond memory of her time growing up here.
"My father would go deer hunting once a year, and he would do it with a bow and arrow," she said. "And I was always so happy when he came home with nothing because I loved running into the deer in the woods and just fell in love with all animals as a child up here in the beautiful, beautiful upper Michigan."
For months, Romney has been touting his plan to allow people earning $200,000 a year or less to save their money tax free, but today he offered an optimistic assessment that such a program could be implemented relatively quickly.
"I can get in done in the first year because I think Democrats will agree with this one," Romney said.