Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney energized a crowd of construction industry executives by promising to undo much of the regulatory and labor initiatives of the Obama administration, during a speech Thursday in front of members of the Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. in Phoenix. Just hours later, ABC announced its endorsement of Romney's candidacy during its board of directors meeting.
Romney, who had sparred the night before with Republican primary opponents at the party’s 20th debate in Mesa, Ariz., spoke to construction business leaders attending ABC’s annual BizCon, held this year at the historic Arizona Biltmore Hotel.