Mitt Romney was the governor of the state of Massachusetts for one term. He has never held a seat in either house of Congress.
He's been married to his high school sweetheart for 38 years.
Mitt Romney was sworn in as the 70th Governor of Massachusetts on January 2, 2003. Romney's term ended on January 4, 2007; he chose not to run for re-election.
Mitt Romney served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) for two years. This has been the standard length of service for all male missionaries for about 75 years.
He was sitting too long and needed to get the circulation back into his legs, pins and needles or cramp etc.
Anybody in the world is allowed to make recommendations as to who an American citizen should vote for in any election as long as there are no bribes. Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu believed that he could have a better working relationship with Mitt Romney than he had had with Obama and so spoke to his friends in the US to vote for Mitt Romney. Other world leaders indicated either no opinion on the election or may have supported Barack Obama.
Mitt Romney's family have been faithfully practicing members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the 'Mormon' church) for several generations. Mitt Romney was born into the faith, was baptized as a child, and served for two years as a Mormon missionary in France. Upon his return, he married his wife Ann, who had recently converted to Mormonism, in a Mormon Temple. Mitt Romney has held many positions in the church, most notably that of a Bishop (congregation leader) and Stake President (oversees a group of several local congregations). All Mormon Church positions (including Bishop and Stake President) are unpaid and are chosen by church officials, not through campaigning or voting of membership. In these roles, Mitt Romney was expected to donate 15+ hours a week to serving those of his congregation, providing counseling and assistance to members as well as performing general administrative duties. (Bishops and Stake Presidents rarely preach in Sunday worship services, but assign that task to the general membership, who take turns giving sermons.) Mitt Romney's sons have continued the family's long legacy of Mormonism. All have served two year missions, have been married in a Mormon Temple, and are raising their children in the faith.
Romney and other hedge fund investors bet against it and lost! Proving there more money in Health Care Insurance as long as the "Takers" don't file for reimbursement for out of pocket expenses!
Romney had an American father -- Obama had an African father Romney had a rich and famous father - Obama had little-known, low-income father Romney is a Mormon who is very active in his church -- Obama was a long-time United Church of Christ member who has switched to worshiping at the Camp David chapel (as did the Bushes), mostly to avoid crowd issues. Romney has experience as governor of Mass. - Obama has experience as US Senator from Illinois. Romney got very rich from an investment firm - Obama was well-off as a lawyer and state politician. If you are looking for political difference (i.e. stances on specific issues), please ask a question regarding that particular issue, as even a partial comparison of their political difference here in this summary is impossible.
Although as governor of Massachusetts he signed a marriage equality bill into law, Romney now absolutely opposes same-sex marriage. He believes that TRUE marriage "is a relation between man and a woman." In regards to domestic partnerships, Romney also said, "If a civil union is identical to marriage other than in name, I don't support that." Meaning he doesn't want a same-sex couple to even cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship. Below is a link to a video of Mitt Romney talking to a gay Vietnam War veteran. I think his stance is pretty clear.
The word mitt has a short i.
January 20 2009
I am not sure either candidate had a mascot. Perhaps you are thinking of the animals that represent the political parties: cartoonist Thomas Nast was the first to use the elephant to represent the Republicans, way back in 1874, and they have used it ever since; so if you saw any "mascots" that were elephants, they represented Mitt Romney's party, the Republicans. The Democrats have used the donkey as their symbol for almost as long, so if you saw any images of the donkey, it may have related to the Democratic candidate, Mr. Obama, and his party.