Romney joins Republican race for White House

MITT ROMNEY officially entered the 2008 US presidential race yesterday. The former Republican governor of Massachusetts suggested his record of leadership inside and outside government uniquely positions him to tackle challenges facing the US.

“I declare my intention to run for president of the United States,” Romney said as he formally opened a candidacy that, if fruitful, would make him the first Mormon president, a church founded in the United States in 1830.

In elective office only four years, Romney is not nearly as well known nationally as his two main rivals for the Republican nomination, Senator John McCain and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.