Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney emphasized his experience as a businessman and ties to the private sector during a 45-minute phone conference this week with members of trade associations. That distinction as a businessman, Romney said, sets him apart from other presidential candidates who have spent their lives in government and politics. “I have not spent my life in government … it was overwhelmingly spent in the private sector for 25 years in small business that became big business,” said Romney, of his years with Bain & Company, a management consulting firm. He said he left the firm in 1999. Stumping via teleconference, Romney laid out his pro-business… Read More