Monday, December 3, 2007

Romney's fight

It was announced that this Thursday Romney will give a speech (in Texas) on him being a member of the Mormon faith, about how his faith will in no way impede his ability to lead the country in the right direction. A move similar to JFK address in 1960. Mitt's early leads in Iowa polls has dropped behind that of Mike Huckabee. In a speech at Loras college, Romney has promised to strengthen the military and cut taxes. The Romney campaign has announce that Brandon Phillips will direct the Georgia campaign, Phillips is a veteran of several local campaigns and will aid greatly in the campaign. Attacks ad have aired accusing Romney of "flip-flopping" on issues of taxes- saying that his history is one of raising taxes, behavior the opposite of his presidential promises on the campaign trail. The group is a know Gay rights group who may be going after Romney for his support for the amendment defining marriage as between an man and a women. An abortion rights group has said that they will start running ad campaigns in Iowa and New Hampshire portraying Romney as a "flip-flopper" citing his change in beliefs about abortion from 1994 to now. David Keene, head of the American Conservative Union has announced his support for Mitt Romney. In the Republican Debate, Mitt Romney squared off with Rudy Giuliani- things heated up when Giuliani accused Romney of employing illegal immigrants in his mansion; after Romney had said that New York had retained its status as a sanctuary city under Giuliani. In the debate, on several controversial questions Romney gave somewhat equivocal answer on controversial questions.

1 comment:

Glen Essakow said...

After watching the Republican "you tube" debate a major flaw became apparent to me. Romney has been so affected by all the allegations of his "flip flopping" that he will not be decisive on any topics. It seems as though his thought process starts with "Of what I am about to say, what parts will be scrutinized or ridiculed", and proceeds by speaking out loud a non-committed answer. This indecisivness has made me feel like Romney is not a genuine candidate, and that he cares more about what his critics will say then becoming the President on the values he believes in.