Wis. Sen. Johnson keeps Romney in step with congressional conservatives

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TheHill:

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) has emerged as the point man in an effort to keep Mitt Romney in step with congressional conservatives, many of whom were slow to support him during the GOP primary.

Romney’s campaign has kept in close contact with conservatives in order to avoid unexpected backlash from Tea Party-affiliated lawmakers, who have surprised GOP leaders at various points in the 112th Congress.

 

 

The last thing Romney needs is a blow-up with members of his own party when he should be focusing his energy against President Obama.

To build a measure of predictability into Romney’s campaign strategy, Johnson has met frequently with conservative members of the Senate Republican Steering Committee and the House Republican Study Committee to keep the presumptive GOP nominee from walking into any friendly fire.

An added benefit of these meetings is that they will cultivate relationships Romney would find useful in moving an agenda during his first 100 days in office, should he defeat Obama in November.

“I’m encouraged by the fact that Gov. Romney and his team realize how important it is to establish that contact, not just for the purpose of the campaign but understanding that if he’s elected president this will help him govern,” Johnson told The Hill during an interview in his office. “To me it’s really about establishing relationships, between policy people and the Romney campaign.

“I’m certainly encouraging the campaign to deal with as many members as possible,” the freshman senator, a favorite of the Tea Party movement, said.

Conservative lawmakers met last Wednesday evening at the headquarters of Sen. Jim DeMint’s (R-S.C.) Senate Conservatives Fund to coordinate strategy and discuss ways to help the Romney campaign.

Some conservatives say they feel reassured by Johnson’s work with the Romney campaign, especially after a senior Romney adviser suggested the candidate would radically alter his campaign platform, comparing it to an Etch A Sketch, for the general election.

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If Romney wins, we will be seeing articles like this for as long as he is in the White House.

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And maybe someday we can even make a believer out of Romney.

[Geee]

Sen. Johnson: ‘Not the federal government’s role’ to hire state, local public workers

 

 

 

Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson told The Daily Caller that President Barack Obama is “fundamentally wrong” to call for Congress to pay for the hiring of state and local public employees because “it’s not the federal government’s role.”

TheDC asked Johnson about a video released by the Obama campaign alleging that presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney wants to cut firefighters, teachers and police at the state and local levels.

“He’s [Obama] not accurately describing what Gov. Romney said,” Johnson told TheDC in a video interview after his speech at the Heritage Foundation.” Gov. Romney was basically talking about, we don’t need to hire more. Well, put it a different way: The way I would put it is we can’t afford to hire more. Now, Gov. Romney wasn’t talking about laying off teachers. The bottom line is it’s not the federal government’s role to hire teachers, to hire firefighters, to hire police officers.”

“That’s the local government’s problem and that’s their role and responsibility so again, what President Obama wants to do is he wants to take money from American taxpayers and then funnel it to the states and municipalities. He wants to be able to allow himself to make those decisions where America’s hardworking dollars go and that’s just a fundamentally wrong approach.”

“I actually like police, firefighters and teachers,” Johnson continued, ”and we need them but we also need to make sure that their pay structure is bench-marked with the private sector for the taxpayers that pay the bill, and it needs to be the local governments that decide what level of firefighting protection, police protection and education systems that they need for their local governments — it’s not the federal government’s role.” (RELATED: Marion Barry: ‘Whatever’ President Obama ‘wants, I think we ought to do’

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In response to the Obama campaign’s attack, Romney said “the federal government doesn’t pay for teachers, firefighters or policemen so obviously that’s completely absurd.”

During a press conference at the White House last week, Obama told reporters that the private sector is “doing fine” while the public sector is hurting.(snip)

 

[media]http://dailycaller.com/2012/06/13/sen-johnson-not-the-federal-governments-role-to-hire-state-local-public-workers-video/

[Valin]

And maybe someday we can even make a believer out of Romney.

 

Romney's problem is succinctly put in your post. There are a lot of Conservatives/Republican who still wonder just what he believes.

[Valin]

Sen. Johnson: ‘Not the federal government’s role’ to hire state, local public workers

 

 

 

Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson told The Daily Caller that President Barack Obama is “fundamentally wrong” to call for Congress to pay for the hiring of state and local public employees because “it’s not the federal government’s role.”

 

If Obama said this it shows a fundamental lack of understanding of what kind of government we have.