Romney's Record a Challenge for Campaign: ; Former Mass. Governor Struggles to Avoid 'Flip-Flop' Label While Explaining Changes in His Positions

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WASHINGTON - Republican Mitt Romney titled his book on how he saved the scandal-ridden 2002 Olympics "Turnaround." Now, as he runs for president, he's trying to fight the perception that he's committed a few too many turnarounds.

The former Massachusetts governor's equivocations on major issues - and outright position changes on others - threaten to derail his nascent 2008 campaign.

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Romney's Record a Challenge for Campaign: ; Former Mass. Governor Struggles to Avoid 'Flip-Flop' Label While Explaining Changes in His Positions

As previous White House hopefuls have learned, once a candidate is perceived to have a pattern of inconsistency, labels like flip- flopper and ...

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