UPDATE: Justin Hart has clarified with me that he has resigned from the Romney campaign’s Faith and Values Steering Committee. More facts emerge that further raise questions about the Mitt Romney Phone Scandal phone calls placed to two Iowan supporters of Mitt Romney, Marshan Roth and Rose Kramer. They both Read more…
Mark Hemingway, the NRO reporter who broke the story about all the connections between Mitt Romney and Western Wats responds to Target Points denial. He starts with some questions that are as-yet-unanswered: Are you still working with Western Wats? When was the last time they worked for you? What kind Read more…
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I thought that I was going to have a nice quiet Thanksgiving. Perhaps not. Erick Erickson at Redstate (disclosure I too contribute to Redstate) has uncovered some more information on the Mitt Romney phone scandal. Leon Wolf, another Redstate contributor who today endorsed Mitt Romney, also pointed out that this Read more…
Family arrives in an hour. Thanksgiving has begun. Shopping has not. Cleaning only barely. Likely I won’t post for a while. But I will have link updates.
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He says: I’ve read TargetPoint’s response numerous times and it doesn‘t invalidate my story or address the specific nature of their relationship with the firm that allegedly made anti-Mormon calls against Romney. I’ll report more as I ask more questions. I think that’s right. Gage managed to combine bluster and Read more…
Alex Gage responded with a Letter to the Editor at NRO: Today’s unfortunate article written by Mark Hemingway concerning allegations over anti-Romney push-polling that suggests that TargetPoint Consulting was somehow involved is both inaccurate and inexcusable. To set the record straight: TargetPoint Consulting has absolutely nothing to do with the Read more…
I noted that Kevin Madden’s most recent denial is a clear non-denial. Or rather it is not responsive in some way. Let’s drill down on his statements to see just how much the Romney campaign has backtracked in the last couple of days: He started with a "[flat]" denial of Read more…
According to Tom Bevan at RCP, Kevin Madden has issued a denial. The denial however is of the non-denial denial subspecies. Let me be perfectly clear: our campaign was not and is not involved with any efforts to engage in alleged push polling calls against our own candidate. … Again, Read more…