Romney continues to ride high this week on his high poll numbers in Iowa, hovering around 30%. Until recently, Guiliani had seemed like his toughest competition in Iowa, but the former mayor has now dropped to third. The two traded barbs earlier in the week, Romney criticizing Guiliani’s support for drivers licenses for illegal immigrants and spending practices. But Romney did reserve his punches for the Republican’s last week, he also attacked Obama and Edwards for their positions on Iraq and healthcare, respectively. For his part, on Tuesday Romney called for placing a cap on medical malpractice suits to a receptive audience at an Iowa medial school. That same day he picked up an important endorsement from volatile New Hampshire’s Senator Judd Gregg.
On Thanksgiving, Romney celebrated not only the Pilgrims' befriending of the Indians but also the birth of his 11th grandchild, Nathan. He jumped right back into the political fray, however, trying to ward off a surging Huckabee in the Iowa polls. On Saturday, he called for a judge he appointed as Governor of Massachusetts to resign after she released a convicted murderer without bail, who then fled to Washington and allegedly killed a young couple.
sources:
http://www.nbc11.com/politics/14660019/detail.html
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/11/22/romney_celebrates_thanksgiving_11th_grandchild/
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/11/24/romney_calls_on_judge_he_appointed_to_resign_after_wash_murders/
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Friday, November 16, 2007
Mitt Romney Fields Attacks and Flies West
In the last week, presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has been travelling around the West Coast, make notable campaigning efforts in states such as Nevada and California. He has also faced criticisms from numerous sources in the recent days, and has been asking efforts to dispel any negative light that these statements might cast onto his image. In Iowa, On November 15th, the state Republican Party had planned a GOP debate for December 4th but then announced that "candidate scheduling conflicts" had caused the debate to be cancelled. Romney was the candidate who declined to participate and made the debate virtually useless.Because of this,he has aroused the ire of many Iowa Republicans and sparked verbal volleys from the Democratic National Committee leader, Damien LaVera.
In Southern California, where Romney arrived on November 14th, he has been cultivating votes by emphasizing his policies on tax-cuts and illegal immigration. Romney denigrated rival Guiliani's policies on immigration, and Guiliani assailed Romney with his own remarks, noting that Romney "probably has the worst record on illegal immigration." Also currently in California is John McCain, who was accused of being connected with telephone calls made by a company called Western Wats that have been occuring in the past weeks. These calls, ostensibly "polling calls",criticize Romney and favor John McCain. The calls mostly criticize Romney on the basis of his religion, and in response,Romney has stated "I have seen over the last several weeks more and more reports of e-mails, of literature being passed out and now push polls which attack me on the basis of religion, and I think that's very disappointing and un-American." On a related note, Romney was featured on the front page of the New York Times on Thursday, November 15th, in an article about the impact of his Mormon missionary work on his life entitled 'Romney, Searching and Earnest, Set His Path in the 60s'
In Southern California, where Romney arrived on November 14th, he has been cultivating votes by emphasizing his policies on tax-cuts and illegal immigration. Romney denigrated rival Guiliani's policies on immigration, and Guiliani assailed Romney with his own remarks, noting that Romney "probably has the worst record on illegal immigration." Also currently in California is John McCain, who was accused of being connected with telephone calls made by a company called Western Wats that have been occuring in the past weeks. These calls, ostensibly "polling calls",criticize Romney and favor John McCain. The calls mostly criticize Romney on the basis of his religion, and in response,Romney has stated "I have seen over the last several weeks more and more reports of e-mails, of literature being passed out and now push polls which attack me on the basis of religion, and I think that's very disappointing and un-American." On a related note, Romney was featured on the front page of the New York Times on Thursday, November 15th, in an article about the impact of his Mormon missionary work on his life entitled 'Romney, Searching and Earnest, Set His Path in the 60s'
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