The paperback version of Mitt Romney's book 'No Apology' will be released today.
It was on March 2, 2010 that Mitt Romney laid out his detailed vision for America in his comprehensive book No Apology: The Case for American Greatness. Today, nearly a year later, No Apology is being released in paperback and Romney is making the rounds on TV.
Along with a new subtitle ‘Believe in America’ which continues the optimistic, patriotic theme from his hardback edition (and which the Gov is sure to explain), and after nearly a year’s time has passed under the Obama administration since the original release of No Apology, the paperback version includes a new introduction that is catching fresh attention:
Mitt Romney critical of Obama in new introduction to ‘No Apology’
WASHINGTON — Former governor Mitt Romney, in a new introduction to his book, strongly criticizes President Obama, writing that “my worst fears about the president have come true” and that his policies “are smothering the American dream.”
“Rather than focusing his energy and political capital on solving the economic crisis, he exploited it to promote his extreme liberal agenda,” Romney writes in the new paperback version of “No Apology,” according to excerpts provided to the Boston Globe.
“We need a U-turn from the policies of the past few years,” he adds.
Romney is expected to expound on such a line of attack in a round of radio and television interviews Tuesday and Wednesday. Ostensibly, the interviews are part of a media tour for the paperback version of his book, but with just over a year before GOP primary voters go to the polls, interviewers are likely to ask Romney about his presidential ambitions.
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A reminder of the Tea Party principles which undergirded his past presidential run (remember ‘Washington is Broken’?) is evidenced in the new intro, as well as Romney’s criticism of progressives’ push for bigger government:
“They simply do not believe in America as it was shaped by the Founders,” he writes. “They do not believe that the principles and values that made America a great nation still apply.”
“Like the monarch the revolutionaries rejected, they have no limit on the amount they would tax the people and their enterprises,” he adds. “Rather than admire the heritage of peaceful assembly and petition, they ridicule and demean assemblies of ordinary citizens who protest their grand health care plans, takeovers, and bailouts.”
Romney also strongly criticizes the president’s health care law. [...]
“They have enacted 2,000 pages of health care legislation, and while the politicians did not take the time to read it before they voted, small businesses will have no choice but to read and comply with every one of its new mandates and provisions,” Romney writes.
Read more here.
Anyone who cares about the future of our nation would do America a great service by taking the time to digest No Apology by Mitt Romney. At around $10 per paperback copy, it’s a real path-to-greatness bargain.
Stay tuned here at MRC; we’ll post videos of Romney’s appearances on Good Morning America, The View, Piers Morgan Tonight, and Letterman as soon as they are available. Never one to rest, Romney will be a guest tomorrow (Wed Feb 2nd) on several conservative radio programs: Don Imus, Laura Ingraham, and Hugh Hewitt.
► Jayde Wyatt
Also, GMA’s website is providing it’s readers with a great excerpt from No Apology.
Update 2 by Jayde – Read why Politico’s Ben Smith referenced Romney’s GMA appearance this morning:
“I’m not going to apologize for the rights of states to craft plans on a bipartisan basis to help their people,” Romney said on Good Morning America this morning, and it’s no longer a bad answer.
VIDEO from Piers Morgan Tonight: Mitt Romney’s Wife Wants Him to Run
Romney rehearses reading cue cards backstage at Tonight with David Letterman 2/1/11.
Lastly, National Review Online has posted the complete, new introduction, to No Apology.
I’m keeping track of how Mitt’s book is doing on Amazon, and just for a point of reference, the paperback’s sales ranking started today at 857,510 and the hardcover was ranked 16,038. It should be fun watching those numbers shoot back up as the media blitz today and tomorrow continues.
Always the grown up in the room. Gives credit where credit is due but still says what could have been better.
The paperback is now ranked 22,667 and the hardcover has shot up to 1,458. It looks like people are buying more of the hardcover than the paperback so far today.
Just for a little comparison, Mitt’s year old hardcover is crushing T-Paw’s new book which is currently ranked 4,196.
The paperback is now ranked 16,608 and the hardcover is now ranked 957. What effect will Letterman and the radio interviews tomorrow have?
Interesting, Dan! I have been hearing syrupy-sweet commercials all day, every day for probably a week on T-Paw’s book, as well as internet ads & plugs by many online magazines .. and his book still isn’t doing well. I didn’t hear a single commerical for Mitt’s book, nor any plugs (“subscribe to our magazine and get this book for free..”) like I’m always hearing for Palin, Beck or now T-Paw when Mitt’s book came out …
Watching him on the view just confirmed what I’ve been wondering/suspecting. He’s going to have a leg up on ALL the candidates because of what he did in Massachusetts, and for once his answers are resonating…this is going to be a very interesting space to watch. Having him under the microscope may actually prove to be a good thing, because, after all, BETTER health care coverage is NOT a bad thing, and his answers seem to be working.
The paperback is now ranked 3,980 and the hardcover has shot up to 602. The hardcover’s increase in sales have made it the #1 book in the U.S. politics category and and the #2 book in the conservatism category.
I wonder where the book would be ranked if sales for the hardcover and paperback were combined.
I bought my copy of the paperback last night. I’ll probably not start to read immediately because I have a couple of other books in line. I’d also like to read Tim Pawlenty’s book.
Sounds like a lot of people here are missing the point. He said two different things in two different versions of the same book. One for those who could afford the hardcover, a slightly different, more simplistic and bombastic version for the poor.
This is really snake like behavior.