Who do Republican voters want to see as John McCain’s running mate? There’s no overwhelming preference according to a recent Gallup poll (March 24-27). Mike Huckabee (18%) and Mitt Romney (15%) are the leading choices.
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John McCain and Mitt Romney threw some sharp elbows at each other during the primary but they mended fences today.
The other day Bob Dole asked Rush Limbaugh to back off criticizing John McCain. In an interview with Fox News, Mitt Romney says Dole is “probably the last person I would have wanted to have write a letter for me.” (He probably should’ve just called him another old fart.)
Sound Bite: “The American people are so tired of listening to Senators talk about their bills and their committees. They want to know how somebody has accomplished something for their state or their city.”
Mitt makes his case to Californians in this 90-second clip that alternates color and black-and-white footage of Romney speaking from two different angles. The usual: Washington is broken, Mitt knows how to strengthen the economy, illegal immigration is bad, family values are good, etc.
Romney’s campaign brags about scoring high with the dial test during the GOP debate: high scores defending Bush on Iraq and talking about health care.
Veracifier pulls out just one soundbite from the Republican debate: Mitt Romney’s awkward cackle over layoffs.
Mitt’s a flip-flopper says John McCain in this 60-second web ad “A Tale of Two Mitts.”
John McCain is weak on economic issues says Mitt Romney.
No matter the language, the song remains the same.
This “web ad” from John McCain says Mitt Romney “seems to change positions like the wind.”
“Mittsurfing”
Mitt Romney jumps on a John Kerry-type moment from Senator McCain.
“Waltz”
Compared to the last Democratic debate, the Republican get-together in Boca Raton, FL last night was a downright lovefest. Here are the candidates’ views on Iraq:
Romney: “The plan that President Bush and General Petraeus put together is working.”
Giuliani: “America is in a war — an Islamic terrorist war against us. America has to succeed in Iraq.”
McCain: “It was worth getting rid of Saddam Hussein.”
Huckabee: “Just because you didn’t find every Easter egg didn’t mean that it wasn’t planted.”
This 30-second spot running in Florida says Mitt Romney is all things to all conservative Republlicans.
Having morphed into the Republican “Change” candidate, Mitt Romney is now metamorphosing into the “Conservative Change” candidate.
Rudy Giuliani — “Un Plan”
Mitt Romney — “Mi Padre”
MoveOn pulls three classic soundbites from the Republicans to motivate their tribe with the admonition: “We can’t let them win.” The bites: McCain says Americans don’t care if we’re in Iraq for 1,000 years. Romney says we ought to double Gitmo. And, of course, there’s Huckabee saying we should amend the Constitution to bring it sync with God.
Those wacky Romney boys are a laff riot. Here, Matt Romney sets up a call to dad from “Governor Schwarzenegger.” Hilarity ensues. “Who’s your daddy and what does he do?”
