Mitt Romney: An Inside Look At The Man And His Politics

by Ronald Scott

Overview

The 2012 race for the White House is racing along at full tilt. Mitt Romney is widely assumed to be the front-runner for the Republican nominee. Question is, can he hold the lead? Ron Scott provides the first independent (unauthorized) biographical profile of the possible Republican nominee. Mitt Romney takes a frank and revealing look at what makes Mitt the man tic, more human than he often appears to be on the stump: his character, convictions, his words and actions, yes his flips and his flops too, and, his triumphs and setbacks. It will also attempt to answer the question everyone is asking: Can a faithful Mormon really win his party's nomination and then upset the popular if now struggling, incumbent President, Barack Obama? Drawing on extensive research amassed over more than two decades, including interviews with people who know him best—allies and adversaries alike—this book will paint a savvy, textured, and revealing portrait of the candidate, his history, family, religion, political beliefs, and strategy. It will put Mitt in context like no other book to date.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762779277
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	11/22/2011
Pages:	264
Sales rank:	1,021,649
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Ronald B. Scott was a writer for many of Time, Inc.'s magazines—Time, Life, and Sports Illustrated and was part of the small editorial team that founded Time's eminently successful People Magazine. His freelance pieces have been published by, among others, USA Today; Seattle Post-Intelligencer; Money Magazine; Life Magazine; People Magazine; Cook's Magazine; The Christian Science Monitor; Australia Golf; The Boston Business Journal; The Megapolis Express (Moscow); Medical World News; The Salt Lake Tribune; The Deseret News; BYTE Magazine, and a number of specialty publications. He has ghost written op-ed pieces that have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Salt Lake Tribune, and other publications. Scott was the first journalist to raise the "flip flopping" issue in late 2005 when Romney, in preparation for a run at the Presidency in 2008, abruptly changed his position on abortion and seemed to adjust his stance on gay rights by opposing same sex marriage. In the run-up to the 2008 primary election season, Scott's 2005 article in Sunstone Magazine was quoted or used as primary source material on Romney's political history by many leading news organizations such as The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, and National Public Radio. Even the Salt Lake Tribune—which knows Romney and Mormonism about as well as any newspaper in the county and where Scott began his career as a journalist—has turned to him for his thoughtful analysis of the impact of the church on politics and public policy. In the process of researching the book, Scott discovered he too is a distant cousin to Romney and the other Mormon candidate, Jon Huntsman. "It is a classic Mormon arrangement," Scott laughs, "we share the same great-great-grandfather, but different great-great-grandmothers." Amen!

Editorial Reviews

"As a talented journalist, as a Mormon, and as a distant cousin, Ron Scott is able to skillfully pierce the carefully-crafted public image of Mitt Romney to provide a fascinating portrait of one of America's most complicated political figures. The combination of dogged reporting, captivating writing, and familiarity with Romney's background makes this insightful book required reading for anyone wanting to look beyond the Tin Man image of a man who could one day become president of the United States." —George E. Curry, Nationally syndicated columnist "Ronald Scott comes at his biography of Mitt Romney from a slightly different direction: He's known Romney for decades, since the Republican frontrunner was his stake president in Massachusetts. The result is honest, yet never a simple takedown. Through dogged reporting and his own personal recollections, Scott paints a broad-ranging portrait of Romney, from his college years through his missionary experience, his business triumphs and his time running both the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and the state of Massachusetts. It's a look at the ideals he adopted from his father, former Michigan Gov. George Romney, as well as where he steered his own politics in a different direction. The image that emerges, as is true of any well-studied individual's life, is more complex than you might expect. Scott highlights the personality traits that simultaneously made Romney a success in the private and the public sector, and a difficult-to-embrace enigma for many potential voters." —Salt Lake City Weekly

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