Romney Watch: 2012 Republican hopefuls agree on earmarks ban

[philly_bob]

Mitt Romney (http://freestrongamerica.com/news/articles/2010/11/15/romney-support-earmark-ban) joined five other GOP presidential hopefuls in supporting a ban on Congressional earmarks. According to "The Hill" newspaper, so have Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Tim Pawlenty, and Mike Pence.

"Two possible GOP presidential candidates have so far not declared any position on the earmarks ban," the Hill reported. "Sen. John Thune (S.D.) and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour appear to have no official position on the practice. Spokesmen for both Thune and Barbour did not immediately respond to an e-mail seeking comment."

The issue split the GOP into pro-earmark "establishment" Republicans and anti-earmark Tea-Partiers. The establishment Republican argue that banning earmarks would increase President Obama's power.

According to a confusing Fox news story, (http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/4419051/the-gospel-according-to-the-pauls) Ron Paul and newly-elected Rand Paul take different views.

(Note: I am not sure that "General Discussion: Presidency" is the right forum for Romney Watch.)

[LiberalFighter]

1. We need to compile a list of so called earmarks

And let the citizens of each state know what those candidates want to eliminate for their state. And how many jobs and revenue the state would lose.