WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney waited until weeks before GOP primary voting began in 2008 to address a big vulnerability in his quest for the presidency — his Mormon faith. Advisers now say that was too late to answer voter skepticism.
This time, Romney is tackling an enormous weakness head-on at the outset of his campaign for president: a health care overhaul that he signed into law as Massachusetts governor and that became a model for President Barack Obama's national measure.
Conservatives loathe both, and Romney will seek to allay their concerns in a speech he'll deliver Thursday in Michigan, a state that's an important part of his GOP presidential race.
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