Barack Obama Congratulates Mitt Romney In Personal Phone Call
By Elise Foley
05/30/2012
The race is officially on.
President Barack Obama called Mitt Romney on Wednesday to congratulate him on clinching the Republican nomination, after the former Massachusetts governor received more than 100 delegates in the Texas primary the previous evening.
"President Obama said that he looked forward to an important and healthy debate about America's future, and wished Governor Romney and his family well throughout the upcoming campaign," Obama for America spokesman Ben LaBolt said in a statement.
A Romney campaign aide, who asked not to be identified, said in an email that the call "was brief and cordial."
"Gov. Romney thanked the President for his congratulations and wished him and his family well," the Romney aide said...
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