Edwards Proposes Greenhouse Gas Plan

Former senator and democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards speaks at the 30th annual Labor Awards Dinner in New York on Wednesday, April 11, 2007. The awards dinner, thrown by the Labor Research Association, honors those that have made contributions in support of the labor movement. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) (Seth Wenig - AP)

Since launching his campaign, Romney has cast himself as the political outsider who wants to bring businesslike approaches to issues. The insiders in Washington are the problem, Romney told about 200 people here.

"They talk and they debate and they don't get the job done," Romney said. "You see, in the private sector, if all you do is talk, they get fired. Talk is cheap," Romney said.

Romney said that Bush administration tax cuts need to be made permanent and he'll push for more. "I want to lower the taxes for middle-income Americans to zero on savings, on interest, dividends and capital gains," Romney said.

He said he'd pay for new tax reductions by reducing federal spending, capping it at the national inflation rate minus 1 percentage point. He said he would veto any spending legislation that breaks that cap.

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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) _ Sen. Joe Biden said Saturday the most important question voters should ask would-be presidents isn't what they would do in Iraq today, but how they would deal with the consequences tomorrow.

"Everybody in both parties comes up with ideas about Iraq," the Democratic presidential hopeful told reporters between campaign stops. "None of them has asked and answered the fundamental second question that must be answered: Then what?"

The Delaware senator voted in 2002 to authorize military action in Iraq but has become a leading critic of the war since then. He has advocated a plan to divide the country along ethnic lines, with a central government responsible for border security and allocation of oil resources.

"I guarantee you: ideas, experience and a track record trump money," said Biden, whose campaign has suffered from lackluster fundraising.

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Associated Press writers Marcus Kabel in Springfield, Holly Ramer in Hampton, Jim Davenport in Conway and Philip Elliott in Concord contributed to this story.