(Washington) – White House hopeful Mitt Romney cast himself as a dedicated conservative, insisting he’s the man who can unite Republicans and can replace President Barack Obama in the “battle for the soul of America”.
Romney and his opponents for the Presidential nomination, former House speaker Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum, attended the Conservative Political Action Conference to court the Republican base and lay out plan for November 2012 elections.
“This country we love is in jeopardy,” Romney told a CPAC crowd of thousands. “I am convinced that if we do our job, if we lead with conviction and integrity, the history will record the Obama presidency as the last gasp of liberalism’s great failure and a turning point for a new conservative era.”
