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The public image of Mitt Romney explores the image of 2012 Presidential candidate Mitt Romney who has served as a business executive and Governor of Massachusetts. Romney's popularity has grown since his 2008 campaign for President of the United States. Included is a discussion of Romney's personal and political image as well as his values and affiliation with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with attention given to Romney's 2008 "Faith in America" speech.〔(Mormon Mitt Romney not 'Christian,' says Fox News Host ) by Elizabeth Tenety, ''The Washington Post'', July 18, 2011〕 ==Images of persona== Throughout his business, Olympics, and political career, Romney's instinct has been to apply the "Bain way" towards problems.〔〔Hewitt, ''A Mormon in the White House?'', pp. 56–58.〕 Romney has said, "There were two key things I learned at Bain. One was a series of concepts for approaching tough problems and a problem-solving methodology; the other was an enormous respect for data, analysis, and debate."〔 He has written, "There are answers in numbers – gold in numbers. Pile the budgets on my desk and let me wallow."〔 Romney believes the Bain approach is not only effective in the business realm but also in running for office and, once there, in solving political conundrums such as proper Pentagon spending levels and the future of Social Security.〔〔 Former Bain and Olympics colleague Fraser Bullock has said of Romney, "He's not an ideologue. He makes decisions based on researching data more deeply than anyone I know." Romney's technocratic instincts have thus always been with him; in his public appearances during the 2002 gubernatorial campaign he sometimes gave PowerPoint presentations rather than conventional speeches.〔Barone and Cohen, ''Almanac of American Politics'' 2004, p. 772.〕 Upon taking office he became, in the words of ''The Boston Globe'', "the state's first self-styled CEO governor".〔 Also (available in HighBeam ). Also available as ("Romney took on 'outsider' role at helm of Bay State" ), ''Deseret Morning News'', July 6, 2007.〕 During his 2008 presidential campaign, he constantly asked for data, analysis, and opposing arguments,〔 and has been described by ''Slate'' magazine as a potential "CEO president". During 2011, ''The New York Times'' described Romney's persona as facts-driven, cautious, formal, socially stiff, and "spare with his emotions." In an interview with ''Parade'' in August 2012, Romney said: "There is a, I don't know, a societal norm that if you're running for office, you can't be emotional, and perhaps I bow to that too often." ''People'' magazine included Romney in its 50 Most Beautiful People list for 2002. A narrative has held Romney to be an out-of-touch multi-millionaire who cannot relate to middle-class America. For example, during the 2012 presidential election campaign, when Romney proposed a $10,000 wager with one of his opponents in a televised Republican primary debate, political rivals and others were quick to call the bet an example of what they argued was Romney's lack of understanding of the concerns of average Americans, who would never treat such a large sum of money so casually. Often in response to gaffes Romney had made on the campaign trail, political satirists based jokes on an image of Romney as a wealthy, pampered elitist. As comedian John Oliver on ''The Daily Show'' put it, "Everything about Romney tells the tale of a man who just fired your dad." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Public image of Mitt Romney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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