Romney: 'We're not going to send checks to Europe' Jamie Dupree's Washington Insider. Mitt Romney today ventured into a policy arena that has received little attention in the 2012 race for the White House, that being education reform, as Romney used a speech to a Latino group in Washington, D.C. to roll out his plans for education change.
It was a big change for Romney, who other than a few forays into foreign policy and energy, has really stayed focused on economic issues. (I have covered many Romney events this year and couldn't even remember a reference to education, though it probably has been discussed a little.) Romney though "buried the lead" in his speech, as he focused first on economic matters, arguing that President Obama is conducting a "war on job creators. "