Mitt Romney dropped a negative ad in New Hampshire attacking John McCain. However, it seems that Romney, again, has some truthiness problems. Given the factual errors below, it is clear why McCain goes straight to Romney’s credibility problem.
Factcheck.org, "More Mitt Malarky":
Romney’s latest ad attacks McCain in New Hampshire with false and misleading claims
WaPo’s Howie Kurtz:
Mitt […]
UPDATE: Marc Ambinder hears interesting whispers on this endorsement:
Will he endorse? Unclear. If he does, the betting is on Thompson or Romney, although advisers to both men expect the other to get it, if it’s gettable. Note that Bay Buchanan is a member of the LDS church and is said to be pushing Tancredo to […]
The first negative TV ad of the cycle comes out with Mitt Romney attacking Mike Huckabee’s immigration position. The commentariat and the Huckabee campaign have responded pretty sharply.
Jonathan Martin called it "Mitt desperation".
Chris Cilizza said:
First, it attempts to blur any differences between Romney and Huckabee on issues of importance to social conservative voters by noting […]
Chris Wallace of Fox News Sunday called one of Mitt Romney’s mailers in New Hampshire "not true." Watch the video.
What is Romney’s strategy? Lie about everything through the primary? CNN caught him being dodgy yesterday. But the guy has the money to do it.
I don’t think that the Republican Party wants a guy […]
From yesterday.
Note the closing quote:
this is a narrative that is continuing with Mitt Romney that he says something publicly that might not match what he is doing privately or what he has done in the past
H/T: Jen Rubin. Marc Ambinder was also there.
Tags: Immigration, Iowa, Media, Romney
My position on Mitt Romney has been that his flip-flopping and other things reveals a deeper honesty problem. They guy just doesn’t have any. From the immigrants on the front lawn "Sanctuary Mansion" story in today’s Boston Globe:
"After this same issue arose last year, I gave the company a second chance with very specific conditions," […]
Jonathan Martin posted the PDF of Mitt Romney’s immigration contrast mail piece in Iowa. He compares himself to the other top 4 GOP candidates. But look at the dates.
The thing that strikes me…. Romney’s position on immigration is defended with 2 quotes from 2007 and one from 2003 and 2004. His quotes for Rudy Giuliani […]
Mickey Kaus doesn’t buy John McCain’s new position on immigration:
I’m continually amazed by the Cheap Date Conservatives I run into who think McCain has somehow convincingly changed on immigration.
How does this not apply to the entire field? This seems to reflect something about the base. What McCain is doing is pretty clear. He is […]
Joe Klein posits that the GOP may end up running on immigration in 2008:
It’s long been my belief that the GOP hole card in 2008 is going to be a rancid furriner-bashing anti-illegal-immigrant smear campaign. … A few months ago, I asked Mitt Romney if he thought illegal immigration was a net economic plus or […]
Richard Nadler wrote an important piece in the Journal a couple of days ago. First, Nadler’s conclusion is simple:
Immigration policies that induce mass fear among illegal residents will induce mass anger among the legal residents who share their heritage.
In other words, we are alienating Hispanics who are voters. Why? Because they hear the restrictionist position […]
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