June 27, 2006
Romney Continues Forward Lean
MA Gov. Mitt Romney (R) has visited South Carolina twice this year, seeding various GOP campaigns with contributions and meeting with activists. Now he is putting some boots on the ground.
Nick Breeding will serve as Field Director there for Romney's Commonwealth PAC, aiding '06 candidates and no doubt making sure the gov's resources and visits are well spent. Breeding moved down to SC earlier this month from DC where he had been serving under Romney as Dep Pol Director of the RGA. A VA native, Breeding is not new to the Palmetto State. He worked for the SC GOP during the '02 cycle -- when Gov. Mark Sanford (R) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) were elected -- and knows the key activists and operatives there. Breeding will be based in Columbia, but will join Romney when he travels to SC as he did last week.
Romney's SC staff hire comes on the heels of his unveiling an "Iowa Advisory Committee" upon visiting the Hawkeye State two weeks ago. The list of GOP activists is tasked with helping '06 candidates but also could form the nucleus for Romney's '08 caucus team.
Romney is not just focusing on early primary states, however. He was in DC yesterday, and had private meetings with both House Maj Leader John Boehner (R) and Whip Roy Blunt (R).
[JONATHAN MARTIN]
Posted at 12:25 PM
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