Mitt Romney greets Boy Scouts from Salt Lake City Troop 315 as he arrives in Salt Lake City, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012.
Ravell Call, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY — GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney arrived in Utah Tuesday for a few hours of fundraising, collecting about $2 million during what will likely be his last visit to the state before the November election.
Romney told an overflow crowd at a $1,000-a-plate luncheon in the Grand America Hotel ballroom that President Barack Obama supports redistribution, a "government centered America where government takes more and more and gives to those who believe that they need that help."
The former leader of the 2002 Winter Olympics was applauded for saying most Americans "don't believe that the role of government is to try and guide our economy. But instead, government is to get out of the way and let free people pursuing their dreams create the kind of enterprises that put people to work."
Americans, he said during a speech that lasted for more than 30 minutes, don't apologize for success. "That's what will get our economy going. We just can't allow America to be a place where it's easier to get a government subsidy than it is to get a job."
Romney thanked Utahns for their "extraordinary" financial help with his campaign and then asked that they reach out to voters in the so-called swing states that could go either Republican or Democratic in the presidential race.
"I think I'm probably going to do OK in Utah," he said, noting he usually asks for help getting out the vote at fundraisers in other states. Polls have shown strong support for Romney in Utah, a state that hasn't been won by a Democratic presidential candidate since the 1960s.
Before the luncheon attended by some 1,100 people, Romney met with several dozen supporters who paid $25,000 each to attend a VIP reception. A number of would-be luncheon guests were turned away at the door because the event was oversold.
Before Tuesday, Utahns had given $4.8 million to Romney's campaign since he announced his second presidential bid last June, according to the Federal Elections Commission.
The campaign allowed Romney's airport arrival to be covered by the media, but he did not acknowledge reporters or make any public comment other than greeting members of a Boy Scout troop from Cottonwood Heights who met his plane.
Matthew Spurrier, 16, said Romney asked the Scouts their names and had a few of them recite the Scout Oath. Spurrier said he was nervous but managed to remember the words.
19 Sep, 2012
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Source: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865562643/Romney-collects-2-million-during-quick-Utah-fundraising-stop.html
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