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Romney Hits Huck and McCain on State of Play
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ABC News' Matt Stuart reports: Fomer Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney continued to criticize Gov. Mike Huckabee and Sen. John McCain Sunday for not competing in both the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire Primary.
Speaking with reporters in Columbus Junction, Iowa, Romney said that he is "contending and working…hard in both places. The other guys are just picking one state. I’m working for both."
Asked about his ads in New Hampshire and Iowa attacking Huckabee and McCain, Romney said he thought the ads were "totally appropriate," adding that "I think its entirely appropriate in the political process to point out differences on important issues, but I don't think you have to make it a personal attack. And, when that happens I think its very disappointing and the public responds accordingly."
Romney dismissed reports of mailers in South Carolina going after Romney and his religion. "I'm not going to spend my time trying to change those kinds of features," Romney said.
Finally, while Romney has in the past boasted his own poll numbers in Iowa and other early states, he argued it’s too close to call now. "I can’t tell you how it’s gonna come out because it’s so close. If there was one of us way ahead why I’d be making a prediction, but right now I just don’t think we know what’s gonna come out."
December 30, 2007 in Palin, Sarah | Permalink | User Comments (5)
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IT goes to show you that the only candidate who has what it takes to go the distance is Romney.Huckbee had so many ethical problems in arkansas and taking all that money and gifts from holding a public office! then to pardon a murderer? 10 murderers were set free by Huckabee. Huckabee helped free a rapist who raped and killed two other people! He did it because some of his pastor friends told him to. We don't need Huckabee for America.
Posted by: Dan Lindsey | Dec 30, 2007 6:12:20 PM
Funny you should bring up the pardons. Mitt had the opportunity to pardon a man who had served with honor in Iraq. He came back to the US and wanted to get a job in the police force. But when the man had been a young teenager, he had shot a friend in the arm with a BB gun. He didn't even break the kid's skin, but he was charged and had a police record for that incident. Mitt refused to pardon him so he could get a job as a police man. I don't think Mitt could be bothered. He only received 100 requests for pardons and commutations in his 4 years. Huckabee got over 8,000 in his 10 1/2 years and read and acted accordingly on all of them. It's a lot easier Mitt's way. Do nothing and no harm can be done. Is that the kind of value system you want in a president? No me. That's why I'm voting for Huckabee.
Posted by: Bob Rock | Dec 30, 2007 8:21:02 PM
Well Bob, assuming your story is true, it didn't lead to a murder did it? Huckabee pardoned murderers and is directly responsible for two other murders. Not to mention his ethical problems of taking all those "gifts" and a bridal registry for leaving the governors office? Free gift Huckabee, if you got it, he wants it--free of charge. Lots of integrity your man has.
Posted by: Dan Lindsey | Dec 30, 2007 11:08:30 PM
Mitt should have just criticized Huckabee and McCain for being volunteer-driven and not as well funded as he is. Unlike Romney (who can run as a right-wing midwesterner in Iowa and a northeast moderate in New Hampshire) the other candidates can't be in two places at once.
Posted by: Shua Nedy | Dec 31, 2007 10:32:19 PM
Alright, I think it's a little ludicrous to judge men on individual mistakes they made in office (whether Romney didn't pardon some vet or whether Huck's pardon led to someone being raped) These men can't see the future, and make mistakes. Big deal.
I do think, though, that they can be judged on general trends, and from the record, it appears that Huck has generally been fairly light on criminals.
And in terms of the article, how ironic that when Huck and McCain are featured in Romney's ads, they called him "a liar" and "pig," respectively. In response, Romney barely acknowledges it.
Who's on the moral high ground here?
Posted by: Backster | Jan 1, 2008 3:40:57 PM
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