Hiring Announcements Nearing
Tom Beaumont delivered a must-read article on 08 happenings in the Sunday Register.
Aides to Arizona Sen. John McCain and Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney have begun interviewing potential Iowa staff, advisers said.
McCain has formed a federal exploratory committee that allows him to raise and spend money toward investigating a presidential bid.
David Roederer, chairman of McCain's political action committee in Iowa, said the senator could have the framework of a staff put together before the end of the year.
"We are close to agreeing on a location for an office, and we have also been interviewing in-state and out-of-state people that have an interest in working for Senator McCain," said Roederer, a Johnston resident who is a longtime Iowa GOP consultant.
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We at the Cooler have been suprised at the lack of speed with which Romney, McCain, Pataki and Frist moved on making hires in Iowa, but we'll be sure to let you know when the big fish start landing. Rumors abound that more Pataki staff is flaking off and some may head to McCain's camp. Romney has been heavily recruiting within the LMF.
Since Romney has had field staff in place for quite sometime they have less incentive to move on the lower tier staff.
Should be an interesting couple of weeks.
posted by Caucus Cooler at 11/27/2006
8 Comments:
Mitt is getting dragged through the coals in his home state by this article. Apparently his PAC didn't support ANY Bay State Republicans and then he lied about giving them personal donations. This is the guy who will be the standard bearer in '08? God help us. Just the day before there was an article showing how he was pro-choice and pro-gay rights while Governor and now he sings a different show tune. Hmmmmm.
http://news.bostonherald.com/localPolitics/view.bg?articleid=169083
That is just what I read Murphy. Sorry if you don't like it. Take up your problem with Mitt, maybe today his position is different than it was when he was governor. Hell, it might even be different than it was yesterday.
Murph:
The following was written by Emma Ratliff of the Globe, sure looks like Mitt indeed told an untruth which in my world equals a lie:
Commonwealth PAC spokesman Jared Young acknowledged that no money was donated to Massachusetts’ federal Republican candidates, and said in a statement to the Herald, “Governor and Mrs. Romney made personal contributions to (Massachusetts) Republican candidates.”
However, first time U.S. Congress candidate Rick Barton said he did not receive campaign contributions from the governor but that he contributed to Romney’s gubernatorial campaigns.
Candidate Chase also doesn’t recall receiving a contribution from Romney.
A Herald review of contributors to the four Bay State candidates revealed no personal donations from Mitt Romney or his family.
Maybe Mitt is saving his money for the Straw Poll. I hope so, because he needs to win that big to meet the expectations that everybody here has for him.
Romney's never going to get anywhere with the evangelicals and the pro-lifers and neither is McCain. Huckabee is the only answer.
http://www.mikehuckabeepresident2008.blogspot.com
The only reason the big three are doing so well is that Huckabee hasn't announced yet. Good job 10:19.
Mitt needs to win this big. Looking through old threads and posts, it would appear that will not be a problem because he has the "best talent on the ground." I would therefore expect that Mitt & Co. MUST win the straw poll comfortably to prove that consensus thought here at the cooler.
Vilsack, Romney Staff Up
Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack (D) added New Hampshire activist Gary Hirshberg and Kerry '04 fundraiser Lou Susman to his roster of supporters for a presidential campaign, the Des Moines Register reports.
Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) tapped South Carolina strategist Warren Tompkins, according to the AP. The Myrtle Beach Sun News says Romney will be in the Palmetto State today.
Meanwhile, New York Gov. George Pataki (R) lost Iowa staffer Craig Schoenfeld, the AP reports. Earlier this month, Pataki's PAC lost GOP veterans Ed Failor and Loras Schulte. The departures make it less likely Pataki will wage a presidential bid
Romney is the real deal.
Why do you think O'Reilly, Coulter, Ingrahm, Hannity, Limbaugh, Barnes, Kondracke, etc . . . are saying good things about him? These guys don't throw around faint praise.
No GOP candidate will satisfy ever conservatives desires (especially when looking at the decade-old version of a couple of hot-button issues). Romney is much better positioned that McCain as he is a more true conservative.
Like Mayor Ed Koch of NYC said: "If you agree with me on 9 of 12 points--then vote for me. If you agree with me on 12 of 12 points--then go see a psychiatrist."
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