Mitt Romney is scheduled to present his economic plan Tuesday, which he says will consist of 59 specific proposals – including 10 actions he'll take on his first day in office – to turn around the country's faltering economy.
It was always part of his game plan to come out immediately after Labor Day to give this speech – but what wasn't originally scheduled was his detour into Columbia, South Carolina on Monday, where he went to grovel speak at the Palmetto Freedom Forum, the event organized by one of the more influential national Tea Party leaders, South Carolina U.S. Senator Jim DeMint.
Since this campaign started in earnest earlier this year, Romney has stood out as the front-runner, with only the Tea Party standing in his way of the nomination. But that's a group, not a candidate, which is why Mitt's world has been rocked somewhat since Rick Perry became the embodiment of those Tea Party dreams last month when he entered the VOP contest.
This article appears in Sep 1-7, 2011.