Signing up America, by Tag Romney

By Taggart RomneyMonday, May 14, 2007
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The GOP presidential primary has so far been a lot of fun, and very fluid. There have been significant fluctuations in the conventional wisdom of how it will play out, and I am sure that trend will continue in the months ahead.

As an obviously biased believer in my Dad, Mitt Romney, I have been delighted by the steady gain in momentum his candidacy has received. The more people get to know him, the more they like him. He is a strong leader and strong communicator, with strong values. He has a clear vision for how to keep America the economic and military superpowers of the world, while at the same time, serve as a beacon of goodness, compassion, family values, and integrity.

Deb Fatland, of Mason City, Iowa, right, listens to Republican presidential hopeful former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney speak during a caucus coffee, Wednesday, May 9, 2007, in Clear Lake, Iowa.
This week, Republican voters across the nation will have another opportunity to see the (count them!) 10 presidential candidates debate the issues and state their cases. Like the last debate, I am confident that most of those who have not yet had a chance to hear from my Dad will become new supporters.

They will hardly be alone. In a 24-hour period starting that evening, we plan on enlisting 24,000 new Romney supporters through an innovative effort called “Sign Up America,” our largest grassroots event yet.

We plan on bringing in these new supporters through online social networks, Debate Watch House parties, financial contributions, visits to MittRomney.com, and through calls to 866–WIN–MITT. Supporters across the country will man call banks and send emails to friends, inviting them to join Team Romney.

I have to admit that when I first heard about the program, I was skeptical. Twenty-four thousand new supporters in 24 hours? But my Dad's message is resonating, and people are responding. And like National Call Day when we raised $6.5 million in one day, my Dad has consistently used innovation, creativity, and hard work to accomplish seemingly impossible tasks. He turned around the 2002 Winter Olympics and then became governor of Massachusetts, where he turned deficits into surpluses, and stalemates over health care and education policy into consensus and solutions.

His campaign is run with a similar philosophy. Just as his policies are aimed at bringing innovation and transformation to Washington, we’re striving to bring dynamism to our political outreach efforts. No campaign in either party has matched the Romney online effort, whether in our use of web video (over 1.5 million views to date), new media outreach, rapid response, or creating connections through online social networking platforms (e.g. he was the first candidate to have a Facebook profile).

In our constant effort to reach new voters, my Dad was the first presidential candidate to agree to participate in the upcoming Townhall.com/Salem Communications debate. With this future event, he will be talking about the issues important to Americans in an innovative use of the new media.

My personal favorite online feature is a blog that I and four of my brothers launched called the 5 Brothers Blog, where we are able to share a bit of a behind the scenes look at the family and campaign that you cannot get anywhere else.

But this is not just about staying ahead of the technology curve. It is about reaching new voters in ways that they can appreciate and use. It recognizes that in a compressed news cycle, the only way to reach many voters effectively is through constant engagement, on multiple platforms. I have heard countless stories of people who turned into MittTV and were able to watch my Dad deliver a speech that moved them in such a way to become an active supporter, volunteer, and contributor. We are no longer dependent only on the MSM to deliver our message – we can reach out directly to the individual voters in their homes.

That’s why Sign Up America is such an important project. We have built incredible momentum behind my Dad’s campaign – momentum that means more than campaign dollars and much more than the approving words of a few pundits. It is this kind of spirit which can deliver victory in a political campaign, and bring about a new spirit of leadership for this country. Come and be part of this effort, and join Team Romney on May 15. You will make history.
Tagg Romney serves as a senior advisor and surrogate for his father in the Mitt Romney for President Exploratory Committee.

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Captain Mark

Romney says voters will accept a Mormon

Romney says voters will accept a Mormon
AP Photo/Charles Krupa
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he also is troubled by the Mormon church's past practice of polygamy, but that he can overcome voter concern about his religion.

"What's at the heart of my faith is a belief that there's a creator, that we're all children of the same God and that fundamentally the relationship you have with your spouse is important and eternal," he said Sunday on CBS' "60 minutes."

But the former Massachusetts governor acknowledged that "there's part of the history of the church's past that I understand is troubling to people."

"Look, the polygamy, which was outlawed in our church in the 1800s, that's troubling to me," he said. "I have a great-great grandfather. They were trying to build a generation out there in the desert. And so he took additional wives as he was told to do. And I must admit, I can't imagine anything more awful than polygamy."

Romney, who has five sons with his wife of 38 years, says he was worried he might lose her to somebody else when he left his Michigan high school sweetheart behind in college while he did two years of missionary work in France.

She had coverted from Episcopal to Mormon and attended Brigham Young University in Utah

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Captain Mark

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Who Is C. Rick Koerber?

C. Rick Koerber
Founder and CEO of FranklinSquires Investments, Claud “Rick” Koerber is a highly sought after motivational speaker and business consultant.

He has worked with, represented, and held key positions in companies such as FranklinCovey, Toshiba America Business Solutions, Carleton Sheets Personal Coaching, and IKON Office Solutions. His broad background also includes seminary teacher for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, high school instructor, parliamentary/policy debate coach at Casper College in Wyoming, and founder of six businesses.

Although only in his thirties, Rick has in his own words “had a lifetime of experience in both headaches and wonderful triumphs.” Rick’s establishment of the Equity Milling process—a successful, creative real estate technique—has resulted in his acquisition over $100 million in real estate. Rick currently resides with his wife and two children in Springville, Utah.

Rick Koerber has always been an entrepreneur. As a boy, he constantly came up with ideas about the next great business plan. His first notable venture in the world of entrepreneurialism occurred as President of GlobalCentral.com, a successful Internet company he established with a few partners in the mid 1990’s. In 2000, the dotcom bubble burst and so did GlobalCentral.com. Overnight, Rick and his wife, Michelle, were $800,000 in debt.

Financially, Rick didn’t know what to do. From a deep hole of debt, he questioned the possibility of ever getting out. He even considered giving up and leaving the business world forever. After much thought, he and Michelle decided to proceed forward on two resolutions: first, the need to identify others who were once in their situation and had discovered a way out of debt; and second, to be committed to fundamental economic principles.

Today, six years later, Rick and Michelle’s lives are much different. Their financial position has changed drastically because of finding and living basic economic principles that do not change with time or market conditions. Rick rediscovered these principles by studying America’s Founding Fathers.

Many people have asked Rick how he got out of debt. Finding it very rewarding to teach the principles he rediscovered to others, Rick and Michelle formed FranklinSquires Investments.
The purpose of FranklinSquires is to work with individuals, families, and small businesses to obtain three core values: self-reliance, economic independence, and financial freedom. The name Franklin is the surname from one side of Rick’s family and Squires comes from a side of Michelle’s family. The name FranklinSquires carries significance because Rick and Michelle literally want to build a legacy that utilizes timeless principles and values to help others.
Rick has learned throughout his experiences that there is no substitute for true self-reliance. One cannot be truly self-reliant if he or she depends on others or circumstances for subsistence. FranklinSquires helps people acquire economic independence by teaching them how to generate more passive or portfolio income than living expenses. The ultimate goal is for people to be financially free and use their own monetary resources to do good for their own family and those around them.

Rick has stated, “I’ve learned throughout all my journeys that every one of us has to make a decision at some point whether we’re going to be responsible for where we are in life, especially financially.”Despite Rick’s early economic adversity with GlobalCentral.com, his personal beliefs and individual character motivated him to pay back over $800,000 debt—regardless of having no legal obligation to do so.

Rick and his family enjoy the financial freedom that results from following the principles of prosperity economics taught by the Founding Fathers.

Captain Mark