PRESS RELEASE from Arizona Democratic Party


                                 Contact: Luis Heredia

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 28, 2012

Romney’s Arizona Primary Win Tonight Comes With a Steep Cost in the General Election

PHOENIX, AZ – Luis Heredia, Executive Director of the Arizona Democratic Party (ADP), tonight issued the following statement as polls close on how Mitt Romney’s win tonight will come with a steep general election cost:

“Mitt Romney may have won the sprint tonight, but he will lose the marathon. His victory comes with a steep cost in the general election given his run to the extreme right in order to win the Republican primary.

“By pandering to the Tea Party and some of the most divisive politicians in the nation, Romney has alienated the voters he needs in November’s general election, including Arizona independents, moderates, and the Latino community.

“Romney confirmed that he would be the most extreme presidential nominee of our lifetimes on immigration. He called this state’s divisive and anti-immigrant law a ‘model’ for the nation, promised to veto the DREAM Act and derided it as a ‘handout’, and embraced the inhumane policy of ‘self-deportation’.

“Romney also has demonstrated he is out of touch with hardworking families struggling to stay in their homes, calling for foreclosures to ‘hit the bottom.’

“Mitt Romney’s ideas are wrong for Arizona on every important issue, from jobs to housing to immigration. The contrast and choice is clear, and Romney is on the wrong side.”

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