Mitt
Romney declared that he supports efforts to extend the period of low interest
rates on student loans for another year.
Joe Courtney (D-CT), who has sponsored such a bill in the House, said he
hopes that Romney’s statement will "shake the Republican congressional
leadership loose."
Republicans generally oppose the bill, so this puts some distance
between Mitt Romney and the rest of his party on this issue. The question, of course, is whether Romney
sincerely supports the goals of this bill or whether his statement is merely a
cynical ploy to display some centrist leanings and subvert the Obama campaign’s
efforts to picture him as a radical right-winger.
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| Jim Morin, GoComics.com |
Republican
support for Courtney’s bill
To
keep low int’rest rates on loans
For
students. It’s a gesture of goodwill
Designed
to show that Mitt’s OK,
He’s
not a total right wing nut
Like
others in his party’s pay.
I
wonder if this new Mitt’s but
A
phantom on an Etch-A-Sketch
Or
whether he might be sincere
In
helping his pinched party stretch
Their
tendency to be austere.
I
guess we’ll have to wait and see
But
up till now, the nominee
Hasn’t
shown a tendency
T’ward
social generosity.
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