Monday, April 7, 2008

A conservative about-face on Mitt Romney

A McCain-Romney Republican ticket would be 'utterly unacceptable,' says an ad signed by social conservatives including onetime Romney backer Paul Weyrich

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Paul Weyrich, co-founder of the Moral Majority, made a splash last November when he endorsed Mitt Romney for president. Now he's part of an organized campaign urging the man who bested Romney in the Republican primaries and caucuses, John McCain, to not make the former Massachusetts governor his running mate.

There was no love lost -- at all -- between the McCain and Romney forces in the final stages of the GOP contest. But Romney earned some goodwill from his rival when he quickly folded up his campaign after getting waxed in Feb. 5's Super Tuesday round of votes. And warm words the two have exchanged -- as well as a joint appearance last month -- sparked speculation that they could end up as this election season's Republican tag team.

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