Posted on 10/31/2007 4:28:58 PM PDT by Spiff
Mitt Romney's campaign tells The Brody File that Bill Wichterman, who used to do conservative and religious outreach for Fred Thompson's campaign, has joined Team Romney. This is a nice "get." He'll be a part of the Faith and Values steering committee.
Bill Wichterman left the Thompson campaign because Thompson DOES NOT support the federal marriage amendment. At least the version that is on the table now. Mitt Romney does support it. Wichterman liked that fit. Who can blame him?
This is a guy who has been big on the federal marriage amendment for years. When Bill Frist was trying to push the amendment through the Senate, it was Wichterman who was leading the charge by getting social conservative groups organized and mobilized. Expect him to be a big boost for the Romney campaign when it comes to the marriage issue. His depth of knowledge here is masterful.
It's not just the marriage issue. By nabbing Wichterman, it's a sign to inside and outside the beltway social conservative groups that Romney is serious in courting them. Wichterman is very well respected by these groups and he has close contacts at places like Focus on the Family, Family Research Council, etc. When he was on the Hill, he was very active in the Senate's "Value Action Team" meetings where dozens of groups would meet once a week to go over social policy and plot strategy.
Romney Campaign Brings on Key Religious Conservative
October 31, 2007
David Brody
CBN News Senior Correspondent
Let the power vaccume begin...Romney is about to put the gas pedal down, and truck right thru these other candidates.
Romney is legit!
I’ll vote for Fred McCain or Rudy Brownback or any warm body should Hillary be the Dem’s pick. This is not the election to sit out.
I agree....I’ll will be voting for whoever is against Hillary, I just hope its Mitt. I think he would smoke her in the primary debates.
I knew Mitt had many liberal ideas. When did he become a Democrat?
So how did ol Mitt respond to Freds smackdown today on his lousy immigration record?
It makes sense. Only Romney supports the agenda of the religious right in all important respects. Better yet, his personal and family life exemplify Christian ideals even if he is not seen by evangelicals to be Christian per se.
* * * crickets * * *
Yeah. Fred doesn't want to talk about that.
The Romney campaign responded to Thompson's jab thusly:
Fred Thompson is as wrong as he is late to this campaign and the debate over tougher immigration enforcement.Governor Romney has been at the forefront on this issue, advocating tougher standards of enforcement of existing immigration laws while also initiating the call the cut off federal funding to sanctuary cities that ignore our immigration laws. Governor Romney also took action in his state by working out an agreement with the federal government to authorize state police to enforce federal immigration laws.
Governor Romney strongly opposed the McCain-Kennedy legislation and was a vocal critic of the blanket amnesty it provided to lawbreakers with the Z-visa provision.
Looks like these two are gonna cross swords again over this issue
Another lost opportunity for Fred.
Ah, but Fred doesn't need them. He's doing it HIS way.
The man is legit, admit it.
I’d like to know more about Fred’s position. I know I’m opposed to a federal marriage amendment. Big Gubmint is supposed to be for libs.
“I’m still thinking that Dobson will go for Huckabee”
If Romney wins the primaries, as I hope he does, then the best move he could make would be to choose Huckabee as his running mate, in my opinion.
Fact is we need a strong leader, with backbone to continue the WOT.
I would like the next POTUS to have a WH that was much more effective and engaged in the PR aspect.
This is why I'm not completely comfortable with Clergymen being in the endorsing business. Getting too involved with the world has a way sucking one in farther than they intended to get.
Found it.
http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/08/cwa_spokesman_thompson_stance.php
I agree with Fred on this one. It’s no business of the feds to define marriage. The excuse used by supporters of an amendment is that one state could be forced to recognize gay marriages from another state, but Fred’s preferred amendment takes care of that, while properly leaving it to the states to govern themselves on the issue.
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