There is probably why Romney is not an economic lightweight, certainly his offshore successes prove it.

Romney offshore accounts contain up to $32 million (click title to entry - thank you)

Updated 1/20/2012 4:46 PM 

WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney owns investments worth between $7 million and $32 million in offshore-based holdings, which are often used legitimately by private equity firms to attract foreign investors. Such offshore accounts also can enable wealthy investors to defer paying U.S. taxes on some assets, according to tax experts....


The Cayman Islands is not a USA Territory, so it isn't as though Romney's offshoring was to create jobs for Americans.

Romney wins in American Samoa (click here)

March 14, 2012|The Associated Press

Mitt Romney won the Republican caucus in American Samoa, picking up all nine delegates.

About 70 Republicans in the U.S. territory located 2,300 miles south of Hawaii met in caucus Tuesday. The six delegates selected at the meeting and three superdelegates to the Republican National Convention all said they would support Romney.

Falemao M. Pili, vice chairman of the local GOP and a delegate, says he believes Romney can fix the U.S. economy that extends to American Samoa. He says Romney can “turn this country around.’’