During Tuesday night’s debate in New Hampshire, moderator Karen Tumulty challenged Mitt Romney on his recent tough talk on China. Romney says China is a “currency manipulator” and argues that, by setting unfair prices and allowing the theft of American intellectual property, the Chinese government is cheating world markets and must be held accountable

Tumulty pointed out that candidates from George W. Bush to Barack Obama have campaigned as tough talkers to China but upon election take a “much more cautious approach.” Why, she asked, should voters expect anything different from a President Romney?