Leon Wolf at RedState notes two different discussions on Reagan by Romney. Recently, Romney said: The Governor practically gushed — "What a guy! What a guy!" And then he went on of course to call Reagan one of his heroes. And in 1994: "I was an independent during the time Read more…
Mitt Romney’s nascent campaign is beginning to respond to questions (here, here, and here) raised about a letter that he sent to the Massachusetts Log Cabin Republicans back in 1994. David Brody, from the Christian Broadcasting Network, got a response from the Romney press operation: Governor Romney believes Americans should Read more…
Now the American Spectator has a write up: Republicans may have discovered another presidential hopeful who is a uniter, not a divider. Outgoing Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has managed to bring together religious conservatives and homosexual activists. Unfortunately for Romney, they’ve joined forces to attack him for gay-rights inconsistencies. The Read more…
It appears that the meme "Romney Flip-Flops" may be setting in. It made several appearances today. On Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace asked Sam Brownback: It turns out that one of your potential rivals for that mantle up there on the screen right now, Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, has Read more…
A bunch of conservative blogs (here and here) are talking about today’s NYT article on Romney’s Log Cabin letter (Hotline has excerpts). The real interesting point is that they NYT got conservative leaders on record warning Romney that he has a real problem on his hand: Paul Weyrich, a founder Read more…
Hotline’s John Mercurio wrote an excellent article on the impact of Sam Brownback’s entrance into the Presidential race. The argument comes down to two points. First: If he can prove he’s viable, Brownback could force both Romney and Giuliani to recalibrate White House strategies that rely heavily on courting conservative Read more…
Last night, I had a wonderful conversation with some friends about what happened in the last election. One person’s position was that the Dems found a new coalition with some new votes (more youth) and some GOP votes (more of the suburbs). And the question that we were left with Read more…
Wow. This is not to be believed. I really should have better things to do than write about Mitt Romney so much, but such amusing stuff comes out of his mouth. At the RGA meeting, after Ken Mehlman gave a great little speech that included things like: Mehlman acknowledged voter Read more…
I spent part of my morning at the UVa/Hotline American Democracy Conference. Hotlineblog liveblogged the conference. One of the panels was on the 2008 GOP race. (Much of this was also reported by the St. Lake City Tribune) There were plenty of interesting questions that I am going to try Read more…
A number of people have written on the underlying facts here. The Jackson Clarion-Ledger (Mississippi) reported — but did not quote — that Falwell had endorsed Mitt Romney. The Boston Globe reported that Falwell denied this and that Romney denied saying it in the first place. So all of this Read more…