DEARBORN — Republican Mitt Romney, a former governor who would be the first Mormon in the White House, launched his campaign yesterday with a call for “innovation and transformation” to rejuvenate the economy and restore faith in government.
Standing in the Henry Ford museum in suburban Detroit, Romney said he could reclaim the American spirit of ingenuity and questioned if his 2008 presidential rivals were up to the job.
“It is time for innovation and transformation in Washington,” said Romney, flanked by a new Ford hybrid and a classic AMC Rambler from his father’s old car company. “I do not believe Washington can be transformed from within by a lifetime politician. It cannot be transformed by someone who has never tried doing such a thing before, in any setting, by someone who has never even managed a corner store.”...