Posted on 06/23/2007 12:09:33 PM PDT by Reaganesque
BOSTON: Mitt Romney values his family, and when it comes to his presidential campaign, his family members are providing value for him.
His wife of 38 years, his five strapping sons and his photogenic daughters-in-law don't just back the former Massachusetts governor's candidacy, they are giving it a lift in ways both subtle and overt.
Tagg Romney, his eldest son, quit his marketing job with the Los Angeles Dodgers and is working full-time at campaign headquarters. Brother Josh is taking leave this summer from real estate development in Salt Lake City to drive a recreational vehicle to all 99 counties in Iowa which holds the first party caucuses in the nation to choose delegates to the national presidential nominating convention. And their siblings Craig, Ben and Matt are co-contributors to the "Five Brothers Blog" on Romney's Web site.
This week the online campaign diary included a 13-minute film of the family celebrating Christmas and weighing the approaching campaign. Several family members will be on hand Sunday night for a barbeque at Fenway Park in Boston to thank major donors to the campaign.
But beyond those workmanlike duties, the former Massachusetts governor and his brood are telegraphing another message to voters, especially social conservatives pivotal in the Republican primaries and caucuses: Mitt Romney is no John McCain, Rudy Giuliani or Fred Thompson.
Each of those rivals has been divorced, and Giuliani the leader in Republican polls is estranged from his children after a very public split from his second wife.
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Yep! Really cool!
I’ll be happy with either one. Right now.
It’s always subject to change.
You said: I mean Ill take a man with all his wrinkles and flaws and mistakes and the experience of regular human life over a man that claims he is perfect with the perfect family and the perfect religion...
I say: Mitt Romney has never claimed perfection. Words are powerful. You should watch yours. When you make false claims about someone you personally don’t prefer, it only reflect poorly on you.
I agree with you. There has to be something in Mitt that he could get elected in MA. I’d like to see Romney/Thompson in one ticket (whatever the combination).
Don’t you thinks its weird that he video taped the private family meeting?
nope. they’ve got nothing to hide.
Its not about hiding anything.
I can think my family when they have private important meetings and we would never video tape them and if for some very strange reason we did, why would we show these private meetings to anyone else.
its weird.
Mitt certainly has a wonderful family. It would be great to have them as the first family!
1.Where does it say Hells Angels?2.Do you have a problem with Hells Angels?3.There is nothing wrong with the Hells Angels.
I am just happy those guys were willing to take a photo with the Romney brothers and I thought the contrast was amusing, that's all.
I am glad that the Romneys are meeting all kinds of people from different walks of life. They seem to be enjoying themselves and spreading goodwill - even with bikers (including the Hell's Angels kind!!).
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