Romney Takes on Hecklers at Tense Maine Town Hall

National Journal ^ | Updated: February 10, 2012 | 8:28 p.m. February 10, 2012 | 8:21 p.m. | Rebecca Kaplan

[newheart]

You know the rule. It only takes one drop of non-white blood.

[JoeProBono]

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[silverleaf]

smells like staged event designed to make Romney look good

[muleskinner]

The "staged event" excuse, huh?

Romney has plenty of faults, but when he has a few right answers, the "staged event" excuse is just pathetic.

[Outlaw Woman]

Well he certainly ‘looks good’ to somebody; he won the straw poll at CPAC.

The fix is in.

[GourmetDan]

The fix certainly is in.

There is no way that Romney should have won anything at CPAC.

He’s no conservative.

[LZ_Bayonet]

" “Your friends the little banks are hurting. The ones that you’re unhappy with, the big banks, they’re smiling from ear to ear with Dodd-Frank,” Romney said.

Dodd-Frank creates the European situation, where the larger the company, the more they support government regulation. The larger companies can pay for influence and they can spread out the cost of the lawyers and compliance with regulations. Meanwhile the smaller companies enter an economic category known as "screwed".