Republican Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney Announces AAPIs for Romney

By John | Tuesday, August 7, 2012 | 11 Comments

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With the presidential election about to enter the party convention phase in a few weeks, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney announced earlier this past week the formation of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for Romney:

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have wonderful cultures that enrich all of America,” said Mitt Romney. “For generations, members of this community have contributed to our country, started new businesses and invented new products, and served with honor and distinction in the fight to protect freedom all around the world. I am honored to have the support of such great Asian Americans, and look forward to working with them to get our country on the right track again.

Elaine L. Chao, former U.S. Secretary of Labor (2001-2009) under President George W. Bush will be heading up Romney’s effort as the national chair of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for Romney. Chao will have a great challenge ahead of her – as noted in the recent Pew Research study, Asian Americans tend to lean more Democratic (50% to 28% Republican, with 22% considered independent). The two states that Asian Americans could really swing the vote for either Obama or Romney are Nevada and Virginia.

Co-chairs of AAPIs for Romney include Congressman Steve Austria (R-OH), Akshay Desai, CEO of Universal Healthcare , former Assistant U.S. Attorney General Viet Dinh, former Congressman Charles Djou, (R-HI), former Director of the U.S. Mint Edmund Moy, former Congresswoman Patricia Saiki, (R-HI) and Ambassador Sichan Siv.

[Image Source: Romney Campaign Site.]

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LTE2

Asians owe America big time after helping to get Harry Reid (D-NV) re-elected.
m_wei

I’m independent. at least Obama grew up in Hawaii and can name specific APAs and achievements. Romney’s statement is interchangable and just replace “Asian American” with any ethnicity; like seriously how much time did his staff spend on it?
LTE2

In the age of diversity ethnic make up shouldn’t matter, no one is more special than anyone else, at least that is what the memo said.
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Traditionally, the Republican Party was never as driven by groups as the Democrats have been.
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The issue in the 2012 election is not great Hawaiians of the past but the economy as it is now. My own view? If Americans weren’t such economic ignoramuses, Romney would be easily ahead easily by 10 points, maybe 15.
zdrav

Elaine Chao voluntarily married Mitch McConnell. I would not trust her judgment on anything.
m_wei

RE: Romney – completely ignoring his Mexican heritage and Bain Capital layoffs just plainly speaks about the GOP’s image problem to people of color.

I agree, the GOP doesn’t see color – it only sees white.
LTE2

How many got screwed over at GM? Check it out.
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I go with the most workable idea, not the warmest feeling. If I want a friend I’ll get a dog.
m_wei

I’m no fan of Obama’s bailouts either, but from what I remember it wasn’t Obama who laid off Government Motors workers. I like to see your sources that say otherwise.

what’s the workable idea of Romney? I’ve yet to see any concrete plans being written up instead of more empty campaign promises by both sides.
LTE2

I will leave it to you to research what Obama did with GM. Many middle managers lost benefits.
Let’s not mention* the jobs never created because of Obama catering to the Hollywood set *plus* the jobs never created because of the uncertain economic environment created by Obama’s attitudes and policies.
Romney does need to explain his plan in greater detail but just having Romney in office will create a more positive business environment. Obama may appeal to the welfare set but he has been a decided disadvantage to everyone else.
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Keep in mind: Obama made his millions by talking about himself, Romney made his by creating businesses and jobs.
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*- Yea, I mentioned it.
m_wei

I have a pretty analytical mind, since that’s what I do for work. nowhere else have I read anything you wrote as fact. they’re just conservative opinions.

I can look it up, but there’s no concrete evidence stating Obama’s bailout plans caused GM layoffs.

you want something tangible? then Stephen Chu’s Solyndra fiasco is about as close as you get. everything else you wrote are just political hyperbole.

you have not given any detailed plans for why Romney will create a more positive business, it’s just your conservative opinion and fuzzy feelings without the fuzzy numbers.
LTE2

“I have a pretty analytical mind”
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You mocked the CIA and the CIA is loaded with them. So what good is an analytical mind?
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I will point out I said employees at GM got “screwed”, I did not say “layed off”.
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I said Romney needs to provide more details. My opinion of the business environment is just that, an opinion. Romney has been more pro-business and it appears some of the money Obama got from business is now flowing towards Romney, so business interests must feel Romney will be better for the economy than Obama has been.
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I stopped providing links long ago because after doing the work to provide them (and to prove my point) most of the people I responded to usually did a dance to get around the fact they were incorrect. Many of my sources are commonly available.
m_wei

the difference is that I let the data draw the conclusions or implications. the CIA by nature is a political entity and while they have good analysts, they are necessarily influenced by politics to either reach for data or manufacture incidents that would lead to support of policies.

“screwed over” is just a nebulous term and concept that I don’t know what you’re talking about. and of course someone getting “screwed” is somebody else’s “it’s a fact of life so you have to deal with it.”

for example, I’m getting “screwed” by social security payments, but it’s one of those things that’s “death and taxes” deals…

that the GOP is always in bed with corporate interests and “pro-business” meaning corporate tax cuts is a non-issue. “pro-business” isn’t necessarily pro-economy. the overall economy might suffer but corporations make record profits.

and for the record, I am for corporate tax-cuts to some degree – because it just makes sense. but I’m also for corporate responsibility, which at this point the laws seem to treat corporations as people but without the consequences when Goldman-Sachs tank the economy.

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