The Mitt Romney brigade obviously does. It's bad enough for Mr. Conservative come lately to get passed by Mike Huckabee in Iowa but to have John McCain too close for comfort here in first-in-the-solar system primary land? That's a hard punch to take.
You could see this coming from miles away. Romney, the Concord Monitor's favorite Ken Doll candidate, has a less-than-sweet Happy New Year greeting for John McCain: please go away. To no surprise of anyone who has read the Karl Rove playbook of warfare campaigning, the Mittster has gone after McCain for being less than honorable and pure-bred conservative when it comes to taxes and immigration. His latest ad released today on the NH battleground of confusing ideas, gives faux praise by announcing that “John McCain, an honorable man. But is he the right Republican for the future?"
Not according to the Mittster.The ad continues: "McCain opposes repeal of the death tax. And voted against the Bush tax cuts — twice. McCain pushed to let every illegal immigrant stay here permanently. Even voted to allow illegals to collect Social Security.”
I'm surprised Mitt didn't add "lions and tigers and bears and mmigrants and taxes, oh my" when saying he was approving the hardly subtle message. In my daily link, The Politico offers a reminder that the Mittster's career path to born-again conservatism and the various stances he has taken in the past is a gift that keeps on gving for his opponents.
Before I head out for the holiday weekend and a trip to Iowa to see what all the fuss is about, here's my Friday shameless promotion plug for Sunday's Out in a LImb column. It's the First Annual Primies, a nod to some of my favorite moments and observations on the campaign trail during 2007.
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