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If she stays in I would check whether Romney is financing her campaign.

Absolutely, he is. When Newt starts his whipping of mitt, he's gonna need momma there to protect him. It's an embarrassment to watch it in action.

Exactly how would Romney be financing her campaign - I'd like you do document that here.

I'm very interested in the money trail on that.

I mean, if one candidate is diverting their own campaign cash to another campaign, that'd be a newsworthy item.

Perhaps the money is not going through Romney's campaign. How silly of me. Right, he's got his fundraisers raising money for Michele.

Let's have a look at opensecrets.org and see how that's working out.

Maybe the money isn't reported on opensecrets. Maybe her campaign has two sets of books.

I think Boss Hogg is backing Michele's campaign.

I don't accuse Romney or Newt of illegal campaign tactics. Or anyone in the Republican field.

Because I'm pretty sure they're a) simply trying to run legitimate campaigns and win and that takes up enough organizational effort and b) very much NOT wanting to have a scandal like that.

Beating the old dead horse of Bachmann for being "in cahoots" with Romney reveals a desperation to see Newt elected.

Which, is absurd for anyone who purports to be against big government. There's just far too much of Newt's and Michele's actual Congressional record, job history and public quotes to not see the stark difference in their respective beliefs in the role of government.

Granted, Newt is making a very wonderful effort at recasting himself to better fit the mold of what grassroots conservatives are looking for today. But, like Romney, what causes grassroots unease with that is not the current stance but the recasting.