everyone grows with miracle-gro. as you know, my dad born in mexico, poor, didn't get a college y.3degree. became head of a car company. i could have stayed in detroit like him. i went off on my own. i didn't inherent money from my parents. what i have, i earned. i worked hard, the american way. >> that's mitt romney in a public primary debate in detroit asserting his ownç kind of, if not rags to riches sort of median riches to ultra riches story, and i think it's very interesting the way that he has to, and one of the conventions of running for president, is to construct for yourself some kind of meritcratic success story. talked about how he left connecticut and struck out in