Turns out that Mitt Romney’s Director of Operations, who recently took a paid leave of absence because he claimed to be a cop while harassing reporters and citizens, had harassed another reporter, according to Scott Helman at the Globe: Now another reporter is saying she had an experience similar to Read more
So it appears that the whole faux-renta-cop story has legs. Apparently, Mitt Romney’s "Director of Operations" is independently under investigation for threatening a Massachusetts business while impersonating a cop. This reminded me of another story about Romney from The Atlantic: "Not only was Eisenhower one of my favorite presidents; when Read more
Pop quiz for all you wannabe political strategists. If you had a campaign leader who, according to today’s Salt Lake Trib, was named as a defendant in a suit alleging that at a school he ran: [S]tudents were forced to eat their own vomit, clean toilets with a toothbrush and Read more
This story really seems to have legs. Even makes CNN: In case you missed, the Romney campaign is denying that this ever happened. John Roberts says that it is the Romney’s campaign’s policy.
So this weekend, I was reading the newspaper. I stumbled across this NYT article about Mitt Romney which gave me the giggles. Until I came to this weird paragraph: He travels with an entourage that includes two or three “operations” guys who serve as advance men and a security detail. Read more
I have been interested in the whole "electability" question and general election matchups. I am fascinated by the numbers from the new Cook/RT poll. Clinton Obama All GOP Ind All GOP Ind Giuliani 0 +74 +4 0 +67 +7 Thompson 0 +78 +1 -7 +45 -13 Romney -7 Read more
Don’t let your candidate do non-softball interviews:
UPDATE: GOPProgress and Jim Geraghty have now written on this. Earlier in the week, Mitt Romney released his National Faith and Values Steering Committee. In doing so, he entered a brave new world. Four of the people on the list are bloggers: – David French, Senior Counsel, Alliance Defense Fund, Read more
In his speech to the Right to Life Convention, Mitt Romney had one whopper of a paragraph: "Recently, I was attacked by one of my opponents because when I ran for Governor I promised to maintain the status quo with regards to laws relating to abortion in Massachusetts. Of course, Read more
Mitt Romney: Proud of Taxpayer-Funded Abortions Signed legislation forcing taxpayers to fund abortions as governor DES MOINES – Although Mitt Romney signed legislation expanding taxpayer-funded abortions in Massachusetts, his campaign said Thursday that Romney is proud of his actions as governor pertaining to abortion. As governor, Romney signed "Commonwealth Care" Read more