Posted on 05/02/2008 5:49:36 PM PDT by writer33
AUGUSTA, Maine --GOP organizers welcomed Maine caucuses winner Mitt Romney on Friday while warily watching insurgent supporters of Ron Paul as the Republican State Convention got under way.
Invited to make the keynote address, Romney praised putative presidential nominee John McCain repeatedly as "tested and proven."
"He is a known individual and a strong leader," Romney told reporters.
The former Massachusetts governor shrugged off questions about assuming second place on a Republican ticket.
"I don't think that's very likely," Romney said, adding he came to Maine to support McCain's candidacy and was not worrying about the vice presidency.
"I just think there are a lot of other very, very good folks," he said, suggesting that McCain need not be bound to consider someone who had been a rival.
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Gotta watch out for those raucous, angry, and hellbent for destruction Ron Paul supporters.
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