[B]Craig, Colorado (CNN)[/B] – Set off by soaring music and a majestic local backdrop, Mitt Romney pulled up to the small town of Craig, Colorado promising to turn things around.
"I'm not going to forget Craig, Colorado," he told an audience gathered outdoors Tuesday morning. "I'm not going to forget communities like this across the country that are hurting right now under this president."
Supporters in this city of 10,000 residents enthusiastically lined the block to enter Romney's Tuesday event, and a string of liquor stores and fast food joints on the main drag posted signs welcoming the former Massachusetts governor to the picturesque community.
But conversations with some local officials suggest Craig is not the ideal spot to deplore President Barack Obama's economic stewardship.
After an overnight stay in this coal mining region, on Tuesday Romney criticized Obama for creating a hostile climate for American business owners and energy producers and touted his own plans for fixing the nation's problems.
The presumptive GOP nominee said he decided to visit Craig after hearing the story of Frank and Kerrie Moe, who own a hotel in the city and who say a trickle down effect from overregulation on the coal industry is crushing their business.
Earlier this year the Moes told their story in a video produced by a conservative energy group backed by heavy-hitting Republican donors the Koch brothers. The video is titled "The Perfect Storm over Craig, CO."
Romney said their message spoke to him.
"We said, we've got to come here and let you know that we care about what's happening in Craig," Romney told the audience after being introduced by the hotel owners. "We care about what's happening in rural America."
An area coal mine, Peabody Energy's Twenty Mile, stopped production and bused in 148 miners to attend Romney's event. Men wearing the trademark mining uniform of blue overalls with crisscrossing reflective neon stripes stood in clumps among the audience.
The general manager of Peabody's Colorado operations, Pat Sollars, said the miners would be compensated for the time they spent at the event.
Sollars told reporters Romney understood how important coal production was to the nation's economic security and growth, and said the president "doesn't view coal as an essential element" in the nation's energy future.
But he could not point to any Obama-era decisions that had affected the coal business here. Instead, he said he was worried about what the president could do if re-elected.
"I think right now our big thing is looking to the future," he said.
Meanwhile, the city mayor told reporters the local economy had turned the corner. Unemployment in the county is slightly above the national average at 8.6% in March - down from 11.1% in 2010, according to the Department of Labor.
State Republican Party Chairman Ryan Call acknowledged bustling coal production had buoyed Craig's economy.
"The economy here in Craig and in Moffit County does seem stronger than a lot of our western slope communities," Call said. "And that's good. That's a good thing. We certainly welcome that kind of opportunity."
He faulted the Obama administration for slowing the approval of licensing requests for energy producers.
In his speech, Romney addressed signs of turnaround touted by Obama officials.
"Now his campaign these days is trying to find a twig to hang on to, some little excuse they can grab and say, 'Look, things are getting a little better, aren't they?'" he said. "And the answer is yeah, things are getting a little better in a lot of places in this country, but it's not thanks to his policies. It's in spite of his policies."
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What....
Isn't blaming Obama for the economy and soaring gas prices played out already? They keep making him out to be the the supreme ruler of the USA with his hands on every single thing
[QUOTE=Itsjustguy;36121230]What....[/QUOTE]
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[B]You have no say in this you filthy god-hating communist![/B]
hes just a power hungry fuck
[quote]But he could not point to any Obama-era decisions that had affected the coal business here. Instead, he said he was worried about what the president could do if re-elected.
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heh
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[B]You have no say in this you filthy god-hating communist![/B][/QUOTE]
Latvians arent communists they're Nazi's.
[QUOTE=scout1;36121342]heh[/QUOTE]
It isn't his fault your industry is dying out to better alternative fuels, but let me tell you about how he's going to destroy America if re-elected.
[quote]city of 10,000 residents[/quote]
How can that be
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[B]You have no say in this you filthy god-hating communist![/B][/QUOTE]
He didn't give himself the title.
[QUOTE]"I'm not going to forget Craig, Colorado,"[/QUOTE]
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right
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;36122326]He didn't give himself the title.[/QUOTE]
znk666 was joking and you know that.
[QUOTE=Hidole555;36122587]znk666 was joking and you know that.[/QUOTE]
Yes I do and you know that.
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;36122604]Yes I do and you know that.[/QUOTE]
your sarcasm is so advanced you actually look stupid.
[QUOTE=scout1;36121342]heh[/QUOTE]So its not longer about what the person has already done or has said he will do but what he might, possibly, maybe, do if he get re-elected.
Digging the bottom of the barrel and summer just started, this is going to be a long election year.
[QUOTE=sHiBaN;36121307]Isn't blaming Obama for the economy and soaring gas prices played out already? They keep making him out to be the the supreme ruler of the USA with his hands on every single thing[/QUOTE]
That tripe only works when it's regarding Bush!
[editline]29th May 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=BANNED USER;36121919]It isn't his fault your industry is dying out to better alternative fuels, but let me tell you about how he's going to destroy America if re-elected.[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't say it's dying out to better alternative fuels, as that's not really the case. Coal is dying out because of federal regulations that are choking the industry by pushing on it harder and harder with tougher regulations, and not allowing more refineries to be built or lands to be drilled.
[editline]29th May 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=Political Gamer;36123361]So its not longer about what the person has already done or has said he will do but what he might, possibly, maybe, do if he get re-elected.
Digging the bottom of the barrel and summer just started, this is going to be a long election year.[/QUOTE]
I'm getting tired of seeing it. Especially with regards to guns. The NRA is going on and on about how all guns will be illegalized and everyone who owns them becoming felons, if Obama gets re-elected.
Romney passed a gun ban in his state as governor. Obama increased gun owner's rights his first year in office.
If the NRA is truly only based on gun rights, like they say they are, they'd be all over Obama's knob.
[QUOTE=Ridge;36123650]That tripe only works when it's regarding Bush!
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Bush didn't really help, Ridge.
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I wouldn't say it's dying out to better alternative fuels, as that's not really the case. Coal is dying out because of federal regulations that are choking the industry by pushing on it harder and harder with tougher regulations, and not allowing more refineries to be built or lands to be drilled.[/QUOTE]
Coal is a horrible fuel - it's horrendously polluting even compared to oil or gas plants (not just Carbon Dioxide - coal releases loads of sulpher, mercury and other lovely chemicals into the air) and it's ridiculously energy inefficient to boot, which means we have to rip up loads of land to mine the vast amounts you need to power coal stations.
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I wouldn't say it's dying out to better alternative fuels, as that's not really the case. Coal is dying out because of federal regulations that are choking the industry by pushing on it harder and harder with tougher regulations, and not allowing more refineries to be built or lands to be drilled.
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Yeah god forbid the government regulates protecting the already battered environment against a REALLY filthy source of fuel.
Coal is an awful source and needs to be phased out.
[QUOTE=sHiBaN;36121307]Isn't blaming Obama for the economy and soaring gas prices played out already? They keep making him out to be the the supreme ruler of the USA with his hands on every single thing[/QUOTE]
No, it's no where near played out. Romney's only real advantage over Obama is his perceived economic prowess. Also, the economy is the most important issue in America right now. If Romney doesn't drive home with his rhetoric on the economy, Romney simply won't win.
[QUOTE=sHiBaN;36121307]Isn't blaming Obama for the economy and soaring gas prices played out already? They keep making him out to be the the supreme ruler of the USA with his hands on every single thing[/QUOTE]
It's the Goebbels strategy. You keep saying something over and over again until people begin to believe it.
I am going to make things better!
For you bosses. By cutting their taxes.
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