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Evangelical for Mitt’s David French (whose wife and co-blogger lied to the press about funding people for the Southern Republican Leadership Conference) has written another apologetic on Mitt Romney’s record. In this case, a concerned Evangelical writes in and says that he read Mass Resistance’s "Romney Deception" piece and cannot abide by Romney’s record. So [...]
The recent stir-up involving the Vanity Fair article about John McCain and Mitt Romney dodging hard interviews have made me think a little bit about the strategies of the two campaigns regarding the media. Romney is clearly building his own media apparatus. He has donated money to National Review, recruited his Great Disciple K-Lo, and [...]
Mitt Romney announced a group of people from his national Finance Committee. Hotlineblog has good commentary that I’ll just quote: But one new name stands out: Ted Welch, the Tennessee investment banker who masterminded Sen. Lamar Alexander‘s (R-TN) $20 million haul in 1996 and who, since he the RNC’s finance chair in 1977, has been [...]
Update: TPM’s Election Central notes that Lehman’s statement included an attack against the other candidates and speculates that that means Mitt Romney more than anyone else. Sam Brownback announced an important hire: Republican presidential prospect Sen. Sam Brownback said today he has received the support of Kim Lehman, executive director of Iowa Right to Life. [...]
Mitt Romney filed, hired a great lawyer, put up a new website, and set out his new message. I see several themes: Romney is shining up his conservative credentials. Top and center is "America cannot continue to lead the family of nations around the world if we suffer the collapse of the family here at [...]
Damon Linker wrote an article in TNR about Mitt Romney and Mormonism. He seems to be advocating for playing a redux of JFK’s Catholic/Houston moment in which JFK said that he wouldn’t take direction from the pope. The blog community is getting in a tizzy over this. Some people think it is a legitimate question. [...]
A number of people have started to point out problems with the Rudy Giuliani camp’s explanation of what happened to their strategy binder, both strategically and factually. It strikes me that they are trying to make an issue of this to force an exposure of who gave it to the Daily News. It strikes me [...]
There has been a lot of attention recently placed on Mike Huckabee: Krusty Konservative names Mike Huckabee as his "breakout kandidate" of 2007, although Caucus Cooler argues that he just hasn’t been present. I recently noted that Paul Weyrich likes Huckabee. And another leading conservative leader was telling people at a New Years party yesterday [...]
Rudy Giuliani’s campaign plan was leaked. Outside the Beltway says that it is not a big deal, but I disagree. First of all, it shows places that Giuliani has failed to match his plan. For example: Two of the top figures on Giuliani’s list, New Jersey mega-fund-raisers Lew Eisenberg and Larry Bathgate, have already signed [...]
Mitt Romney is getting beaten up again in the Evangelical media. Again, it is Pat Robertson’s CBN: There are at least four Republican Representatives from the Michigan State House that are seriously rethinking their support of Romney for President. These are members of Romney’s steering committee in Michigan who are now having reservations about recent [...]
