In an article in the Spartanburg Herald-Journal (SC), a spokesman for Mitt Romney’s Commonwealth PAC is quoted: "Gov. Romney has always stood on the side of life, he’s been a fierce defender of the sanctity of marriage, and will continue to fight for those conservative principles. Gov. Romney is a Read more…
California’s Flash Report has two posts (here and here) about the GOP money that is getting lined up in California. A summary below: John McCain: Jon Fleishman calls Donald Bren "the biggest prize in the sweepstakes for prominent figures in the California Republican finance community". One California consultant told me Read more…
The Boston Globe says that Romney used to be accessible and responsive and ever on message. Now not so much: But as Romney prepares to leave office… [h]e has entered a brush-past, sorry-got-to- run, talk-to-my-office stage. Romney has, for the most part, successfully avoided the press in Boston and elsewhere Read more…
Update: Drew Cline from the Union Leader corrects me. He says: Some anti-Mitt Romney outfit calling itself eyeon08.com has included me in a list of “MSM” members down on Romney for flip-flopping on abortion and marriage. Not so. I haven’t made up my mind about Romney yet. Nor do I Read more…
In day 4 of Pat Robertson’s offensive on Mitt Romney, the Christian Broadcasting Network ran a segment on TV about Romney’s Log Cabin letter entitled "Romney’s Pro-Gay Letter". Watch it here. Some tasty quotes: It could be a big problem. It really depends on whether he comes across as credible Read more…
One reader has gotten sick of watching the Romney car-crash and asks: Yea, I get it, Romney is toast. OK, I want to hear your thoughts on an alternative to the evangelicals, is it Brownback, Huckabee, or Gingrich? They each seem to have strengths. And what about Tancredo? I would Read more…
Bob Novak’s review of 2008 candidates had little to say about Mitt Romney other than he’s gotten creamed this week: The key to Romney, though, seems to be that he shifts his positions on issues important to Republican primary voters. The Log Cabin letter was cleverly released by someone while Read more…
Wow. Pat Robertson must be an unhappy man. David Brody continues day 3 of his assault on Romney: Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney’s presidential aspirations may have just taken a big hit. So Pat Robertson’s group is unhappy with Romney, and the last major signup in the constellation in Iowa is Read more…
The AP had several stories on the wire relevant to this. First, Glen Johnson wrote "Romney’s Record on Gay Rights Questioned." (and yes, it did get in Iowa papers here) This one is significant because it makes it clear that religious and evangelical leaders are weighing in. Weyrich gets harsher: Read more…
The Romney/gay story appears to be getting some traction. It was carried today by Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network, with an article entitled, "Romney Family Values Stand Under Fire" (was this broadcast?): Romney has come under criticism because of a 1994 letter he wrote to the gay lobbying group Log Read more…