Romney Poll Scandal

UPDATE: Justin Hart corrects me that he resigned last night before going on the Hugh Hewitt show. The email that he sent me was dated later in the evening, but contained confirmation from earlier in the evening. I should have read more carefully. Justin Hart has notified me that he Read more

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

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

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

I think that this story will dominate the GOP 2008 race today. It suggests that Alex Gage, who Chris Cilliza calls part of the Romney "inner circle," is behind the push polls.