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Brownback drops hammer on Romney

In light of the Kansas City National Right to Life convention, Sam Brownback has dropped the hammer on Mitt Romney. It is a fun read, but Brownback’s politcal director has a fun line:

“One would think that Mitt Romney is in training for an Olympic gold medal in verbal gymnastics, as his various political contortions on abortion are stunning in their timing and flexibility,” Gillespie added. "The best advice for Mitt Romney comes from Mark Twain: ‘Always tell the truth. That way, you don’t have to remember what you said.’”

Full text, including a great timeline of Romney’s multiple positions on abortion, after the jump
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By Soren Dayton, 17 years ago

Strategy

Logic of the McCain/Romney attack

Patrick Ruffini argues that it doesn’t make sense for John McCain to be attacking Mitt Romney. His argument boils down to the fact that if the punch lands, it still leaves Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson standing and, probably, helps them. But there are a lot of strategic and tactical Read more…

By Soren Dayton, 17 years ago

Kevin Madden making stuff up

I was going to steer clear of the current John McCain-Mitt Romney fight over Romney’s abortion record. But then Kevin Madden said something silly: "Governor Romney is firmly pro–life and can rely on his record of having protected the sanctity of life when faced with those issues as governor. Governor Read more…

By Soren Dayton, 17 years ago

Brownback lays into Romney

Brownback really whacks him: Mitt Romney is a good man. But there are many differences between us on the issues. I am for a three state political solution in Iraq. He is not. I am pro-life. He is not. I am opposed to gun control. He has not been. I Read more…

By Soren Dayton, 17 years ago

Romney continues to back away from Iraq

From the AP: Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Thursday rejected the Bush administration’s vision of a decades-long U.S. troop presence in Iraq akin to South Korea and suggested a need for public benchmarks to gauge progress. "Our objective would not be a Korea-type setting with 25-50,000 troops on a Read more…

By Soren Dayton, 17 years ago

Romney campaign whines at meaningless straw poll

This morning, after Rudy Giuliani dropped out of the straw poll, a Romney staffer told Marc Ambinder: "We shouldn’t be disqualified or criticized for their campaign strategy and tactics," a Romney adviser insisted to me this morning. But after John McCain drops out because it will be meaningless, Romney declares Read more…

By Soren Dayton, 17 years ago

Media

Romney pro-standing?

This is scathing live blogging about Romney from Ana Marie Cox, no serious person. (H/T to GOP Blue at GOP Progress. ) 8:23 PM Gilmore ALSO STANDING. Mitt Romney totally flummoxed, can’t remember what polling said about standing versus sitting. 8:31 PM Romney’s decided to stand. He’s not going to Read more…

By Soren Dayton, 17 years ago

Romney soft-selling the war?

This from the NY Sun struck me in the coverage of the debate: Mayor Giuliani hit his stride early and performed well overall. His succinct and unequivocal response on a question about whether — given what we know now — invading Iraq was a mistake damaged Governor Romney, who gave Read more…

By Soren Dayton, 17 years ago

Romney’s tele-townhall’s and moving numbers

Marc Ambinder has an interesting post about Romney’s performance in Iowa. He argues that voter contact is what is moving the numbers. I have made a similar argument in the past. InMuscatine recently participated in one of the tele-townhalls in which Romney answers questions for about a while. After talking Read more…

By Soren Dayton, 17 years ago