Romney to Visit San Diego

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, who owns a house in La Jolla, will be in San Diego this weekend. Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, plans to attend a private brunch with his wife, Anne, at an undisclosed location.

Romney is expected to remain in the area for the weekend, but no other events are scheduled,” said Ryan Williams of his campaign. The visit to Southern California follows recent campaign stops where Romney took issue with President Barack Obama for taking a vacation in the midst of a weakening economy and for describing corporations as "people."

San Diego Democratic Party Chairman Jess Durfee said members of his party disagree with Romney’s characterization of corporations and linked his views to those of Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Vista).

“Romney and Issa want to lavish corporations, big oil and millionaires with tax breaks while supporting draconian cuts to educations, gutting Medicare and slashing Social Security,” Durfee said. “Issa and Romney’s ‘corporations first, middle class last’ policies are out of touch with the needs and values of Americans.”

The Romney campaign posted a video on its web site today that reiterated corporations are indeed made up of people.

“It’s really astonishing to me that the Obama folks would try to argue that businesses are not people,” Romney said in the video. “What do they think they are? Little men from Mars? But when they tax business, they tax people.”

In the most recent nationwide poll of voter preferences for the GOP primary conducted Monday, Rasmussen Reports reported Romney trailed Texas Gov. Rick Perry, 29 percent to 18 percent.

Romney lives in Massachusetts, but owns homes in New Hampshire, Utah and La Jolla. Romney and his wife Ann purchased a three-bedroom, five-bath beachfront house in La Jolla for $12 million back in 2008, according to Politico.

City News Service contributed to this report.

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