• Romney grew up in Bloomfield Hills, studied in Cranbrook
High School and enjoyed a breezy, privileged childhood.

• His parents' cottage on the Canadian shores of Lake
Huron, Ontario is one place that holds his most cherished
childhood memories.

• He always idolized his father, George Romney and whiled
away his childhood days sitting on his father's lap, watching him
read the paper.

• Romney characterizes his mother as someone who lived by
adages often quoting her favorite ones, "If not me, who? If not
now, when? If not here, where?"

• Romney's elite classmates wanted to grow up to be
professional athletes or the president of America, he aspired to
run a car company like his father.

• Romney's classmate Jim Bailey says of him, "He was in
many ways the antithesis of what he's portrayed as today." Romney
once competed in a 2.5 mile race, finally crossing the finish
line around ten minutes after the last runner. Bailey remembers,
"It had to be one of those moments that made you feel inadequate
but those kinds of things didn't bother him."

• During the six years that he studied at Cranbrook
school, Romney never showed himself to be a leader. Nevertheless,
he was a kinetic kid who loved to pull off pranks.


• Mitt Romney shared his father's front-row seat on
government, first as a campaign aide and then as an intern in the
governor's office.

• Both of Romney's parents dabbled in politics, so it
comes as no surprise that Romney ended up doing the same.
		

• Mike Huckabee grew up in a rented house in the tiny
little town of Hope, Arkansas, where people always asked, "do you
really think that some obscure, unknown governor born in Hope has
any chance to be president of the United States" until Bill
Clinton put their question to rest.

• He spent his entire childhood in Hope and his formative
years were influenced by his father, mother, sister and the
community in Hope where "people kind of looked after each other".


• Though there was little money and influence found in
Hope, the young Huckabee never had a defeatist attitude.

• He had a modest childhood and still recalls the old days
when his family used scratchy lava soap, humorously adding, "It
wasn't until I got to college that I realized showers were not
supposed to hurt."

• An eight-year old Huckabee, along with his father, went
to see Governor Orville Faubus, "deliver a speech and dedicate a
lake". This is perhaps one of the chapters in his life that
heralded the illustrious political future that awaited little
Huckabee.

• From a very young age Huckabee had been a smooth talker
with the dynamism of a natural leader and a heightened political
sensibility. He once said, "I was a true-blue, conservative,
family-oriented young Republican."  

• He preached his first sermon at the age of fifteen and
wanted to grow up to be a rock star. Even today, he never misses
a chance to pick up his guitar and strum to the beats of his
music band 'Capitol Offense'.