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http://soundpolitics.com/archives/007542.html A Washington state blogger, Eric Earling, has declared for Romney and details his reasons why in part 1 and part 2.

Great that yet another political activist has seen the merits of Mitt!

Jeff

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http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/11/16/romney_hires_ex_bush_ad_man/ Yesterday’s rumor is now fact:

Governor Mitt Romney, who continues to sign up big-name political consultants for a probable presidential run, has hired bare-knuckles GOP ad man Alex Castellanos, a veteran of presidential campaigns known for his tough ads against Democratic candidates.

Widely considered one of the country’s more influential Republican image-makers, Castellanos has produced television spots for President Bush, presidential candidate Bob Dole, and former senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina. Romney’s move to recruit him sends a strong signal that the governor plans to mount a serious national campaign for 2008, political observers say.

This is interesting:

Romney knows Castellanos’s work well. The media strategist produced a glowing video about Romney’s four years as governor that the Massachusetts Republican Party showed at its convention in Lowell this spring. Romney’s political action committee, the Commonwealth PAC, then bought the rights to the video, and it is now featured prominently on the PAC’s website.

Read the rest of the story at The Boston Globe.

Kevin Davis Jr.

Technorati Tags: Mitt Romney, 2008, Presidential Election, Election 2008.

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http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/2006/10/herberger_joins.html From The Buzz: Florida Politics | St Petersburg Times.

In yet another sign of Jeb Bush’s leanings for the ‘08 presidential contenders, his longtime fundraising chief, Ann Herberger, has signed on to help Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Herberger will be national finance adviser to Romney’s Commonwealth PAC, working alongside another fundraising ace, Ann Dunsmore of California. Jeb’s top political adviser, Sally Bradshaw, has also jumped on the Romney train.

“He’s the real deal, and I have a penchant for governors because they are chief executives. They run states they know how to manage. He and Gov. Bush share a lot of the same chief executive skills,” Herberger said. “He’s a new kind of a leader and moving into the 08 cycle he could take this country where it needs to go….The governor (Bush) was really supportive of it, and I’m really excited about it.”[Emphasis that of Ann Marie]

All you can say to this one is WOW.

Ann Marie

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http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/10/25/romney_nominates_four_to_bench_including_three_minority_women/ For what it’s worth, this comes from “The Boston Globe” [insert eerie Halloween music here]. Enjoy the read…!

Ann Marie

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Hello All,

I’d like to thank everyone who visits this site regularly. This site’s growth of late has been exponential. Which is absolutely wonderful in terms of getting Governor Romney’s name recognition to soar amongst people. I welcome your continued visits with open arms.

With all this additional growth though comes a little bit of pain. Pain meaning the bandwidth that is used for this site is skyrocketing, and will only continue to. So, soon I will be adding a few advertisements to the site. They will be tactful, and if followed through will help defray the costs that this site will undoubtably run up. At some point this site will require it’s own server due to tremendous bandwidth issues.

I appreciate everyones understanding in this matter!

All the best,

Ann Marie Curling
Founder - Elect Romney in 2008

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http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/states/south_carolina/counties/york/15837352.htm Fox News will host the first Republican Presidential Debate in Columbia SC in May 2007.

Kevin

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http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00403022/243373/ From July 1st to September 30th The Commonwealth PAC recived $590,463.99. During the calendar year the Commonwealth PAC has raised $2,125,588.44. The figures do not include the state leval Commonwealth PAC’s.

Kevin

Cross posted at Texans for Mitt Romney.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-romney13oct13,1,5242084.story?coll=la-news-politics-national OK, tell me how and why LA Times readers would really be interested in who Gov. Romney brings in as advisors to his Commonwealth PAC . . .

OK, is it just general informative news that they’re covering? I’m not buying that because Romney has been bringing in LOTS of advisors for his pre-campaign team and the LA Times hasn’t cared before. So what’s different about this one? Look how they introduces this and judge what their angle is . . .

Sally Bradshaw, a longtime political advisor and confidante to Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, confirmed Thursday that she has signed on as a consultant to Romney’s political action committee.

Known in Florida circles as Jeb Bush’s equivalent to President Bush’s Karl Rove, Bradshaw will advise the Romney campaign . . .

Nice unbiased reporting guys! Linking a Romney hire to President Bush and Karl Rove (when they are hugely unpopular!) Are they trying to set Romney up as “just another Bush?” Don’t look to the LA Times to be a source of positive or credible information regarding a possible Romney presidency (see here for their previous anti-Romney record)

The article finishes by tying Romney even tighter with Bush (but I think this part is good news for Romney!)

Bradshaw’s decision to work for Romney also confirms that the Florida governor, who is prevented by term limits from seeking reelection, is not planning his own White House bid for 2008.

“It should be no surprise that I am not running for president,” Bush wrote in an e-mail late Thursday. “After all, that is what I have told you and others in the press for a long time.”

Bradshaw said Thursday that Bush encouraged her to consider working for Romney, who will appear with the governor next week in Florida at several campaign events.

Wow, that’s exciting . . . Jeb sends one of his main advisors towards Romney! The article finishes . . .

Bush said Thursday that he is not supporting any candidates, but said Romney would be “formidable” if he runs.

Looks like Jeb is seeing the writing on the wall.

Jeff

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http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/2006/10/romney_lands_br.html “Sally Bradshaw, Jeb Bush’s longtime political advisor and one of the bigger political brains in politics anywhere, has signed on to help prospective presidential candidate Mitt Romney.”

Read about it at “The Buzz: Florida Politics | Tampabay.com”.

Kevin

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http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=74019 Mitt Romney’s wife Ann Romney, is scheduled to speak in the “Liberty Sunday” simulcast which will air this Sunday. For more details visit U.S. Newswire.

Kevin

Cross posted at Texans for Mitt Romney.

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http://www.michaelmedved.com/ A friend heard the Michael Medved Show (Conservative talk Radio host) today where he was inteviewing John Halperin about his book “The Way to Win”–a book about tactics hopefuls have and/or should use to become POTUS. Well, apparently during the Conversation Medved said he though Romney would be the Repubican nominee for the 2008 election. The talking heads are aligning quickly and the list is growing.

Jeff

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http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/09/bruce_keough_jo.html Another big name for Mitt Romney in New Hampshire! Read about it at Hotline On Call.

Kevin

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http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2006/09/25/romney_receives_iraqi_policy_briefing_from_bremer/ Mitt Romney is also expected to announce his New Hampshire Leadership Team before saturday. Read about it at the Boston Globe.

Kevin
Cross-posted at Texans for Mitt.

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http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Rath%2C+joins+PAC+as+senior+advisor&articleID=b085bc81-db32-4373-a17b-0afee5b8bdce Former RNC member (just resigned) Tom Rath has put his support behind Mitt Romney! Read about it at the Union Leader.

Kevin

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http://migop.blogs.com/blog/2006/09/articles_of_int_21.html Bill O’Reilly said that Mitt Romney is his early favorite to win the 2008 presidential election over Hillary Clinton. Read about it at the Michigan Republican Party Blog.

Kevin

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http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/breaking_news/15543633.htm Mitt Romney has announced that the RGA will give:
$1,000,000 to Florida
about $1,000,000 to Michigan
and $750,000 to Iowa!

Read about it at the Bradenton Herald.

Kevin

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http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/politics/15537552.htm Read about it at Contra Costa Times.

Kevin

Addendum:

Gov. Romney stepping in and saying the right thing one more time.

“I’m foursquare behind the president on this,” Romney said. “We need to provide to the interrogators the definitive rules that they need” and “not be subject to lawsuits” that might come from their work.

“The people we are facing are individuals who have no interest in the Geneva Convention,” Romney said. “They slit the throats of our servicemen. They target civilian populations for terror and destruction.”

Heh, in Sen. Graham’s backyard too. Maybe he should fly over to Arizona and say it again.

~~~Thomas

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http://www.sltrib.com/nationworld/ci_4307891 Read what Rev. Ted Haggard, President of the National Association of Evangelicals said at the Salt Lake Tribune.

Kevin

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http://illinoisans4mitt.blogspot.com/2006/09/dynamite-romney-shirts.html Remember this idea? Well . . .

Jason, at Illinoisians for Mitt has made the idea a reality.

Check it out!

Jeff

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http://www.frcaction.org/index.cfm?i=WX06C15 Mitt Romney will be speaking at the 2006 Values Voter Summit. The summit will go from September 22-24, and will be held at the Omni Shoreham hotel in Washington D.C. The registration fee for the summit is $95.

Kevin

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