SirMoby
04-05-2008, 12:33 AM
Does anyone have the complete letter? I'd love to read it. I still think it's funny that some people believe Mitt is a social conservative.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0408/And_the_next_GOP_primary_begins.html
group of social conservatives has launched an effort to keep Mitt Romney off John McCain's ticket.
Under the rubric of an obscure PAC called Government Is Not God, a coalition of longtime Romney opponents and past supporters of Mike Huckabee have created a website and are buying print ads that resurrect the former Massachusetts governor's past abortion and gay rights stances.
Their first ad will run this weekend in Arizona, where McCain closes out his introductory tour, and others will follow in cities McCain stops along the trail.
"If Gov. Romney is on your ticket, many social conservative voters will consider their values repudiated by the Republican Party and either stay away from the polls this November or only vote down the ticket," warns a list of 26 conservative activists to McCain in the print ad that screams "No Mitt" in bold.
The group comprises Massachusetts social conservatives who never bought Romney's conversion and a hodgepodge of mostly little-known national activists.
Some, including radio talk show host Janet Folger and Michigan activist Gary Glenn, were vocal Huckabee backers during the primary. The parent group sponsoring the ads, Government Is Not God, also endorsed the Arkansan's presidential bid, and its leader, William J. Murray, was a top Huckabee donor who is pushing him for vice president.
The group does, though, include one high-profile Romney backer. Veteran movement conservative leader Paul Weyrich endorsed Romney in the heat of the primary before throwing his support to Huckabee after Mitt got out.
The veepstakes are, of course, especially important this cycle because whoever is tapped as McCain's No. 2 will be seen to have a leg up in either 2012 or 2016.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0408/And_the_next_GOP_primary_begins.html
group of social conservatives has launched an effort to keep Mitt Romney off John McCain's ticket.
Under the rubric of an obscure PAC called Government Is Not God, a coalition of longtime Romney opponents and past supporters of Mike Huckabee have created a website and are buying print ads that resurrect the former Massachusetts governor's past abortion and gay rights stances.
Their first ad will run this weekend in Arizona, where McCain closes out his introductory tour, and others will follow in cities McCain stops along the trail.
"If Gov. Romney is on your ticket, many social conservative voters will consider their values repudiated by the Republican Party and either stay away from the polls this November or only vote down the ticket," warns a list of 26 conservative activists to McCain in the print ad that screams "No Mitt" in bold.
The group comprises Massachusetts social conservatives who never bought Romney's conversion and a hodgepodge of mostly little-known national activists.
Some, including radio talk show host Janet Folger and Michigan activist Gary Glenn, were vocal Huckabee backers during the primary. The parent group sponsoring the ads, Government Is Not God, also endorsed the Arkansan's presidential bid, and its leader, William J. Murray, was a top Huckabee donor who is pushing him for vice president.
The group does, though, include one high-profile Romney backer. Veteran movement conservative leader Paul Weyrich endorsed Romney in the heat of the primary before throwing his support to Huckabee after Mitt got out.
The veepstakes are, of course, especially important this cycle because whoever is tapped as McCain's No. 2 will be seen to have a leg up in either 2012 or 2016.