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Mitt Romney's Education Record in Massachusetts

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Educators share how Mitt Romney's single term as Massachusetts governor resulted in increased classroom sizes, school budget cuts, higher fees and less out-of-school services for students.

As Ronald, a former superintendent from Attleboro, MA explains: "Governor Romney said that he was not going to cut education. And then the next thing we knew those cuts were made."

George Lopez: Join Latinos for Obama and Register to Vote

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George Lopez shares why it's important to register to vote and get involved. As George shares: "My grandmother raised me to believe that voting was something special. She never missed a chance to go to the polls and get that little "I voted" sticker. She taught me that every voice could make a difference—whether you're on T.V. or a volunteer going door-to-door."

Alfre Woodard on How President Obama Supports Education

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Alfre Woodard is fired up to help re-elect President Obama. She shares how President Obama has fought to reduce the high costs in education and increase the opportunities for young people to have an affordable higher education. You can help protect this change by going to GottaVote.com

Cynthia's Story

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Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan have pledged to defund Planned Parenthood, cutting off women's access to preventive care including cancer screenings and birth control; and have promised to shut down the nation's family planning program that more than five million people a year rely on for birth control, cancer screenings, and other care. They have also vowed to overturn Roe v. Wade and end safe and legal abortion, and have said they support extreme "personhood" measures that would give full constitutional rights to fertilized eggs.

Mitt Romney: No Health Insurance? Go to the Emergency Room

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Mitt Romney says people without insurance should get treatment at the ER. Romney knows ER treatment is expensive and inefficient. So why does he say it's a solution now? Mitt Romney's health care plan: higher health care costs, more uninsured people and bad for the economy.

Dinner with Barack and Michelle

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Last chance to have dinner with the President, your airfare and hotel are covered: http://OFA.BO/gmFBHq

VOTERS NOT VICTIMS - Regina N.

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- Submitted by Regina N. of Las Vegas, Nevada

Is that fair to the guy who makes $50,000 and paid a higher rate than you did? Romney: "Yeah"

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Is that fair to the guy who makes $50,000 and paid a higher rate than you did? Romney: "Yeah"

Not One of Us

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Voiceover:
"Seen these new ads, where Mitt Romney says he's a friend of coal country? This is the guy who wants to keep tax breaks for companies that ship American jobs overseas. The same guy who had a Swiss bank account...and millions in tax havens like Bermuda and the Caymans. And on coal?"

"Well, here's what he said as Governor, outside a coal fired power plant."


Romney:
"...I will not create jobs or hold jobs that kill people...and that plant, that plant kills people..."

Favorite Quotes

You didn’t elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth. And the truth is, it will take more than a few years for us to solve challenges that have built up over decades. It will require common effort, shared responsibility, and the kind of bold, persistent experimentation that Franklin Roosevelt pursued during the only crisis worse than this one.

Democratic National Convention - September 6, 2012