Statements about States
"In 29 states in this country you can still get fired for not just being gay, but if your employer thinks you are gay."
"We have a federal government that thinks they have the authority to regulate our toilet seats."
Says a university survey concluded his Massachusetts administration "had more women in senior leadership positions than any other state in America."
Says Mitt Romney and George Allen "would overturn Roe v. Wade and allow states to end safe, legal abortion even in cases of rape, incest or when a woman's life is at risk."
Massachusetts schools "are ranked No. 1 of all 50 states."
"By the time (Mitt Romney) left office, Massachusetts was 47th in the nation in job creation."
"Last month, 44 of the 50 states saw an increase in the unemployment rate."
"When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts ... (had) more debt per person than any other state in the country."
"As Governor: Romney did not keep public safety funding in line with inflation."
As governor of Massachusetts, "Romney reduced unemployment to just 4.7 percent."
"When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs, a rate twice the national average."
Massachusetts under Gov. Mitt Romney initially ranked last among states in job growth, but by the end of his governorship, "we were in the middle of the pack."
Under Gov. Mitt Romney, Massachusetts ranked "47th in job creation."
"The Obama administration ... would impose on every Catholic institution, every Jewish institution, every Protestant institution the Obamacare standard of what you have to buy as insurance."
Republican-leaning states get more in federal dollars than they pay in taxes.
"(Newt Gingrich) voted in favor of establishing the Department of Education, and yet he gets in a debate and says we should get rid of the Department of Education and send all the education issues back to the states."
"I delivered a flat tax for my state. I took my state to No. 1 in job creation. With all due respect to what Rick Perry has said about Texas, we did a little bit better."
Says the paperback edition of Mitt Romney's book deleted line that Massachusetts' individual mandate "should be the model for the country"
In Pennsylvania, President Barack Obama’s policies have increased unemployment 19 percent, led to the loss of 37,900 manufacturing jobs, and left 189,000 more people in poverty.
"The people in Massachusetts like (the state health care plan) by about a 3-1 margin."
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