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ERIC THE READY House Republican Deputy Whip, Eric Cantor has spent the last week making calls to fellow Republican House members he believes will survive next week's election, according to several members who received the call. "He is already lining up support for his next job," says ...
Romney Can’t Bring Himself To Say That McCain Has Conducted A ‘Dignified And Honest’ Campaign
Romney Can’t Bring Himself To Say That McCain Has Conducted A ‘Dignified And Honest’ Campaign
thinkprogress.org — This morning on NBC’s Today Show, host Meredith Vieira asked McCain campaign surrogate Mitt Romney about a... new University of Wisconsin analysis, which found that more of McCain’s ads have been negative than Obama’s in the past week. ... (more) Romney Can’t Bring Himself To Say That McCain Has ...
Romney stutters and hesitates when asked if Palin is ‘ready to be President.’
Romney stutters and hesitates when asked if Palin is ‘ready to be President.’
thinkprogress.org — During an interview on CNN today, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney touted Sarah Palin’s ability to excite... the conservative base and raise money for the Republican ticket. But when asked by host Wolf Blitzer whether she is “ready to ... (more) Romney stutters and hesitates when asked if Palin is ...
Amanda Carpenter: Romney Supporters Trashing Palin
townhall.com — It looks like there might be some truth to those rumors former Mitt Romney supporters are already... trying to clear Sarah Palin from the GOP presidential deck to make room for their man Mitt in 2012.Former Romney... (more) Amanda Carpenter: Romney Supporters Trashing Palin
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Mitt Romney: Sure Knows How To Pick His Aides, Don't He? (TomM.)
Ace of Spades HQ — Mitt Romney: Sure Knows How To Pick His Aides, Don't He? (TomM.) You know who's spreading the nasty about Sarah Palin? Former Mitt Romney aides. You know who that benefits? Not Mitt Romney. Allegedly, allegedly. I believe it, though! So, that makes one Mitt Romney endorser, Doug Kmeic, becoming the leader of Pro-Lifers For Obama (And, Incidentally, the Right to Choose), and the rest of his posse trying to turn this election into a referendum on Sarah Palin. Who's feeling good about the next four years?

Former Romney aides on McCain campaign behind Palin trash-talk
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — Joe reported earlier that Mitt Romney is a top McCain economic adviser. McCain should be wary. According to the right wing American Spectator, Mitt's people have been undermining Sarah Palin, because they're trying to set up Mitt for 2012: ...

Matt Lewis: Romney Aides Behind Anti-Palin Rumors?
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall BlogThe Prowler reports : "Former Mitt Romney presidential campaign staffers, some of whom are currently working for Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin 's bid for the White House, have been involved in spreading anti-Palin spin to reporters, seeking to diminish her standing after the election. "Sarah Palin is a lightweight, she won't be the first, not even the third, person people will think of when it comes to 2012," says one former Romney aide, now working for McCain-Palin. "The only serious candidate ready to challenge to lead the Republican Party is Mitt Romney. He's in ...

Harry Ellis for House Minority Leader
Balloon Juice — ... The flying spaghetti monster does not love me enough to let this happen: House Republican Deputy Whip Eric Cantor has spent the last week making calls to fellow Republican House members he believes will survive next week’s election, according to several members who received the call. “He is already lining up support for his next job,” says one member who spoke to Cantor. “I’m not sure what it is, and he doesn’t seem to know, but it’s not going to be deputy job, that’s for sure.” ...

Please, No! 2012 Is Four Years Away!
Comments from Left Field — ... The intrigue elevates, though, when we come to find out that some of the anti-Palin sentiment coming from within the McCain campaign may actually have Mitt Romney’s fingerprints on it. ...

On the Romneybot Attacks Against Sarah Palin
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... the first pundits in bed with the Romney campaign in 2007/8. Again, it is hard for me to place the finger on Romney. It seems to me that these are people who are still convinced he's the better nominee and don't want Palin to be in any position to challenge him in 2012. At this moment, however, it is absolutely clear -- there is an effort, organized or not, by supporters of Mitt Romney to harm the reputation of Governor Sarah Palin. The American Spectator documented it yesterday. Former Mitt Romney presidential ...

Sarah Palin: The GOP’s Best Hope in 2012
Pajamas Media — ... . Angered that McCain did not tap their candidate for his running mate, Romney aides who went to work for McCain-Palin have made it clear they expect their candidate to head the next GOP ticket.“Sarah Palin is a lightweight, she won’t be the first, not even the third, person people will think of when it comes to 2012,” says one former Romney aide, now working for McCain-Palin. “The only serious candidate ready to challenge to lead the Republican Party is Mitt Romney. He’s in charge on November 5th.” Yet for all of their smear tactics, there are two things these ...

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