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Romney: I’m Only Running Because Obama Screwed Up The Economy

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Mitt Romney told ABC’s George Stephanopolous on Tuesday that he credited President Obama’s economic policies with pushing him into the presidential race.

“Frankly I’m in the race because of the failure of President Obama to turn around this economy,” he said.

Given that he ran in 2008 and was widely speculated to run again since the moment John McCain lost, it’s a somewhat surprising line.

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