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Mitt Romney's inner circle
The Washington Post's The Fix ^
| July 20, 2010
| Chris Cillizza
Posted on 07/20/2010 2:28:57 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has never really stopped running for president since that February day in 2008 when he ended his challenge to Sen. John McCain (Ariz.).
While Romney took an extended hiatus to write his book -- "No Apology: The Case for American Greatness" -- he never really left the political game, staying in close touch with a small group of political advisers who have kept the presidential flame lit over the past two plus years.
That loyal group has helped Romney emerge as the frontrunner in the Invisible Primary -- the behind-the-scenes battle before the battle for the nomination, a contest defined by fundraising, endorsements and general political sway. (The Romney team's performance was near perfect until a background quote disparaging former Alaska Sen. Sarah Palin caused a bit of stir nationally.)
What better way to kick off our 2012 inner circle lists -- the men and women closest to the various Republicans (and Democrat) running for president -- than with Romney. Look for future inner circles for Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and, yes, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in this space in the coming weeks.
The Romney Inner Circle
*Matt Rhoades: Rhoades served as communications director for Romney's 2008 bid and earned a reputation as a savvy strategist in and out of the press world. Rhoades was named director of Romney's Free and Strong America PAC earlier this year -- a move that won the governor praise among insiders -- and is widely expected to be the campaign manager for the 2012 race.
* Beth Myers: Myers served as chief of staff during Romney's time as governor and managed the 2008 race. Myers is regarded as the staffer with the closest personal relationship with Romney...
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Did they forget Steve Schmidt?
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
07/20/2010 2:29:21 PM PDT
by
Lucky9teen
(I'll just say the 2nd amendment to the Constitution is there for a reason!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
07/20/2010 2:30:33 PM PDT
by
FrankR
(It doesn't matter what they call us, only what we answer to....)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
former Alaska Sen. Sarah Palin Idiot writer alert.
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posted on
07/20/2010 2:32:29 PM PDT
by
capydick
(''Life's tough.......it's even tougher if you're stupid.'')
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The title of Mitt Romney’s next book:
“No Apologies; that was just stuff my staff said”.
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posted on
07/20/2010 2:41:50 PM PDT
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glorgau
To: glorgau
To: 9YearLurker
Should be reported as abuse for not having a braf alert attached.
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posted on
07/20/2010 3:08:40 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Looks like the Dems have chosen their republican candidate for 2012.
A guaranteed loser.
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07/20/2010 3:11:47 PM PDT
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sinanju
To: Kartographer
Should be reported as abuse for not having a braf alert attached.![](http://www.buddytv.com/articles/hot-list-zach-braff-2.jpg)
"Braf alert"?
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posted on
07/20/2010 3:17:21 PM PDT
by
x
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Can the inner circle cover up Romney's hallucinations?
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PsT9r57okSo/RoE2ymA80BI/AAAAAAAAARI/wQw6OQBAUJM/s400/1youngmitt.jpg)
![](http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/3368/mittmomdadking6gf6.jpg)
"Mitt Romney Lies About Father Marching With Martin Luther King, Jr."
"Mitt Romney has been caught in yet another lie.
Only yesterday Romneys claim of not supporting Planned Parenthood abortion mills was abruptly smashed by a photograph surfacing of him at one of their fundraisers in 1994.
Today, its Romneys claim that his father marched with famed civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.
During his Im a Mormon but it doesnt matter speech, Mitt Romney claimed he saw his father,
George Romney, marching with MLK during a 1968 civil rights march through Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
It was a stirring account of the efforts of his father to show that the Romney family have always reached across ecumenical lines.
Only one little problem
it never happened."
![](http://cache.thephoenix.com/secure/uploadedImages/The_Phoenix/News/Editorial/edit_bors071231_cmyk.jpg)
"Mitt Romney went a step further in a 1978 interview with the Boston Herald.
Talking about the Mormon Church and racial discrimination, he said:
"My father and I marched with Martin Luther King Jr. through the streets of Detroit."
"Yesterday (12//07), Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom acknowledged that was not true.
"Mitt Romney did not march with Martin Luther King,"
he said in an e-mail statement to the Globe.
Against Myth Romney is 1:
"On Sunday, June 23, 1963, 125,000 people marched down Detroit's Woodward Avenue
to the Civic Center, in what was described at the time as the largest civil-rights demonstration in the nation's history.
According to the next day's account in the Holland Evening Sentinel,
the crowd at the Center "lustily booed," when representatives of Governor George W. Romney
read a proclamation declaring "Freedom March Day in Michigan." But Martin Luther King Jr. didn't fault Romney for his absence,
which the governor ascribed to his policy against public appearances on the Sabbath.
"At a news conference following the march . .
[King] refused to criticize Romney for not attending the demonstration," the Sentinel reported."
Against Myth Romney is 2:
Susan Englander, assistant editor of the Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project at Stanford University, who is editing the King papers from that era,
says Myth Romney was untruthful, when she told the Globe yesterday:
"I researched this question, and indeed it is untrue that George Romney marched with [Dr.] King."
Against Myth Romney is 3:
"King never marched in Grosse Pointe, according to the Grosse Pointe Historical Society,
and had not appeared in the town at all at the time the Broder book was published.
Im quite certain of that, says Suzy Berschback, curator of the Grosse Pointe Historical Society"
Once again a few good women stand in the way
of the nutcase carpetbagger.
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07/20/2010 3:21:19 PM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(Article IV - Section 4 - The United States shall protect each of them against Invasion)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I”LL NEVER VOTE FOR ROMNEY LIKE I NEVER VOTED FOR MCCAIN (I voted Constution Party- and Chuck Baldwin) with a clear conscience!
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07/20/2010 6:41:15 PM PDT
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JSDude1
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