The Club For Growth released its fifth presidential "white paper" today, running down Mitt Romney's record on fiscal matters. CFG President Pat Toomey summarizes the findings neatly with this statement:

"Governor Romney's economic record contains a mixture of pro-growth accomplishments and some troublesome positions that beg to be explained. While his record on taxes, spending, and entitlement reform is flawed, it is, on balance, encouraging, especially given the liberal Massachusetts Legislature. His record on trade, school choice, regulations and tort reform all indicate a strong respect for the power of market solutions. At the same time, Governor Romney's history is marked by statements at odds with his gubernatorial record and his campaign rhetoric."

Not to be outdone, the Giuliani campaign re-released a June op-ed by Toomey praising Giuliani's record. Giuliani's CFG white paper can be found here, including a similar summarizing statement by Toomey:

"Mayor Giuliani's economic record is not perfect, but he deserves credit for the remarkable nature of his accomplishments. In a city long accustomed to high taxes and ballooning budgets, Rudy Giuliani successfully cut taxes; kept spending below the growth of inflation and population; instituted sweeping welfare reform; privatized and deregulated many aspects of the city's bulky bureaucracy; and fought aggressively for school choice."

In the interest of posterity, CFG white papers are also available on John McCain, Mike Huckabee, and Sam Brownback.

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