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
I thought that I was going to have a nice quiet Thanksgiving. Perhaps not. Erick Erickson at Redstate (disclosure I too contribute to Redstate) has uncovered some more information on the Mitt Romney phone scandal. Leon Wolf, another Redstate contributor who today endorsed Mitt Romney, also pointed out that this 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.
Justin Hart, blogger at MyManMitt and Race42008, is the only person who seems to be in contact with people inside Western Wats. He has defended Western Wats’ denials that this whole thing is associated with the Mitt Romney campaign here, here, and here. Of course, Justin isn’t just a blogger. Read more
The Politico’s Jonathan Martin asked one of the kings of political sleaze what he thought of the Mitt Romney phone calls. He sees a historical antecedent in the the 1960 JFK race: Just as Bobby Kennedy was behind anti-Catholic calls and literature to Catholic Households in The 1960 Democratic Party. Read more
Well, we seem to be in day 3 of this scandal. The calls went out Wednesday or Thursday. The AP’s Phil Elliott and the Politico’s Jonathan Martin reported on it on Thursday. Friday, all sorts of speculation abounded. The solid facts appear to be that: First, Western Wats, an Orem, Read more
UPDATE: I wrote the basics of this in a comment this morning, but I was at the DC Walk for the Homeless, and so could only update via my blackberry. I have been contacted by Vic Lundquist, who’s post is referenced below. Lindquist described the caption as a "mistake" and Read more