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Just when I thought I couldn’t be more disappointed with the GOP presidential nomination race, I read Mitt Romney’s comments about “bringing back” manufacturing jobs to Michigan.

The Washington Post reports,

As part of his plan, Romney said he would back spending an additional $20 billion over five years to federally fund research on energy, fuels, automotive technology and material sciences; modify a recently passed measure calling for U.S. vehicle fleets to average 35 miles per gallon by 2020; and ease automakers’ financial burden by expanding health-care coverage nationwide.

The poll-driven, “say anything to get votes” Romney has just laid out a big government policy proposal for the Michigan auto industry. Is anyone else noticing this?

At least Philip Klein at the American Spectator blog shares my concerns. He writes,

[Romney] sounded more like John Edwards than any kind of economic conservative. Romney seems to think that his business background qualifies him to micromanage the economy from the White House.

Exactly. Romney says Washington is “broken” and claims to be an outsider, but in the same breath he calls for more Washington intervention in the economy. Unbelievable. As Philip Klein asks, “Where did the economic conservatives go?”

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