Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Monday dismissed concerns he’s too nice to be a viable candidate in a vicious race, proving it by taking a swipe at yet-to-announce GOP rival Fred Thompson.
“We all get the chance to go on the talk shows. But it’s not the sort of questions you get in the debates or the town meetings that I’ve had,” Romney said in an interview, alluding to plans by Thompson to formally announce his candidacy during a planned Wednesday-night appearance on the “Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” “The talk-show circuit is fine, but the town meetings show you’re willing to listen to people and take their questions.”
More workers back Edwards
John Edwards won the endorsement of the United Steelworkers and the United Mine Workers of America as more than 1,000 union members cheered the Democratic presidential candidate.
“America was not built on Wall Street. America was built by steelworkers and mine workers,” Edwards said at a Pittsburgh Labor Day rally and parade.
The steelworker and mine- worker endorsements mean Edwards has more labor endorsements than any Democratic presidential candidate. The former senator from North Carolina also has the backing of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.
From The Associated Press
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