Mitt Romney Has a $10,000 Gambling Problem
Mitt Romney, Presidential candidate for the Republican party nomination in 2012, clearly has a gambling problem. This gambling problem first came to light during a television debate when he made an impromptu $10,000 bet.
During a time of job stresses all across the United States and Occupy Wall Street protesting the wealth disparity, Mitt Romney's problem came to light just three weeks prior to the first round of elections in Iowa. His problem may be in the fact that he offered the bet, but more importantly the size of the bet. The size is so large that most Americans will probably realize that Mitt Romney is on a different wave-length when it comes to money.
Even before this recent gaffe, Mitt Romney was slipping in the polls as Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House, has been closing the polling gap between the two men. The gaffe occurred when another Presidential candidate, Texas Governor Rick Perry, claimed Mitt Romney had backed national healthcare reform in a passage in his book that was excised from the hardback version.
Mitt Romney, the man who brought healthcare reform to Massachusetts, denied that he supported the measure nationwide or that the passage had been in the paperback. He said, “Rick, I'll tell you what. $10,000 bucks? Ten thousand bet?” as he extended his hand in an attempt to seal the wager with a handshake.
Rick Perry refused the wager as responded, “I'm not in the betting business but I will show you the book.” Mitt Romney's wager was the first time in over 50 years of political debates that a wager has been offered on television in the United States.
Finally, for the record, Mitt Romney is the richest candidate, according to his financial disclosure, during his 2008 White House bid. His personal wealth is between $190 million and $250 million. However, the $42 million he spent on the 2008 failed presidential campaign would need to be deducted from those totals. This is nearly 10 times the amount of wealth of the next nearest Republican presidential candidate, Jon Huntsman at somewhere around $15 million.
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