First Read
reports that Mitt Romney “went well beyond his standard stump speech at
a closed-door fundraiser on Sunday evening, and offered some of the
most specific details to date about the policies he would pursue if
elected.”
“Romney went into a level of detail not usually seen by the
public in the speech, which was overheard by reporters on a sidewalk
below. One possibility floated by Romney included the elimination of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Cabinet-level agency
once led by Romney’s father, George… Romney also went into greater
detail than he has on the campaign trail in describing how he would
maintain the progressive structure in the tax code after implementing
his 20 percent across-the-board tax cut.”