Romney: GOP ‘Let People Down’ on Budget [View all]

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Source: Wall Street Journal

CINCINNATI—Mitt Romney said Saturday that his party had fallen short on its fiscal promises even as he campaigned alongside a top Republican congressional leader.

“We’re going to finally have to do something that Republicans have spoken about for a long time and for a while we didn’t do it. When we had the lead, we let people down,” Mr. Romney told a crowd in this important swing state. “We need to make sure” they are not let down again. “I will cut the deficit and get us on track to a balanced budget.”

While Mr. Romney regularly promises to whip the budget into shape, he rarely says that his fellow Republicans have fallen short.

In a call for unity, the Republican presidential candidate said he would work to bring both sides of the aisle together if he wins the presidency.

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Read more: http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/09/01/romney-the-gop-let-people-down-on-budget/

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Yeah, right. As if the tax cuts and increased defense spending he's advocating aren't what added so much to the deficit in the first place.