Thursday, April 03, 2008

MITT ROMNEY, JOHN MCCAIN

Apparently It's Not Too Early To Argue Against a McCain-Romney Ticket

Arriving in my e-mailbox:

PRESCOTT, Az. — A coalition of over two dozen leaders of state and national social conservative organizations will run a full-page ad Saturday in the Prescott Daily Courier, telling presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain, R-Az., that they cannot support his candidacy if he selects former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as his vice-presidential running mate. McCain is scheduled to appear at a campaign rally in Prescott Saturday on the steps of the courthouse where Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona launched his 1964 presidential bid.

The ad — formally sponsored by Government is Not God PAC (www.gingpac.org) — reprises social conservative activists' primary season criticism of Romney's record of passionately supporting abortion on demand and the so-called "gay rights" agenda both before and after Romney claims to have reversed his positions on such issues.

"For us the bottom line is this," the ad states. "The unvarnished facts of Mitt Romney's record as governor of Massachusetts make him utterly unacceptable as a Vice Presidential running mate. ...If Governor Romney is on your ticket, many social conservative voters will consider their values repudiated by the Republican Party."

This is absolutely fantastic news... for the advertising department of the Prescott Daily Courier.

I get the feeling that if a social conservative doesn't want John McCain to do something, running one of those unregulated political ads is not the most effective way to deter him. Reverse psychology might be in order; get all of McCain's least favorite Republicans together to endorse the idea, and there's a good chance he would do the opposite.

UPDATE: Readers note this is an organization that endorsed Huckabee. 

04/03 04:53 PMShare