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November 02, 2006

Daily Troika: Romney's Letter To South Carolina

tracker.jpg MA Gov. Mitt Romney, who campaigns in Greenville, SC for GOPers today, sent more than 1,000 Republicans in the state a glossy, eight-page brochure that reads like a campaign solicitation and lays out what amounts to a 10-point plan to reinvorgating the conservative movement. The 10/30-dated latter includes a message-testing "State of South Carolina Survey" that asks recipients to agree or disagree with 20 issue statements.

The letter also asks for money, with proceeds being directed to Commonwealth PAC affiliates in Iowa and Michigan.

The letter, written in Romney's name, states that conservatives "agree on a couple of very important things." They include a belief that "our government" is "growing again." Spending "in too many places is out of control." Also:

  • The US "cannot fail to defeat radical and violent Muslim extemists" worldwide.

  • The US "can and must secure our borders first" and "must also ensure our laws promote legal immigration."

  • "Affirming America's Culture and Values"

  • The US "must use every energy asset we have" and "develop alternatives that help our nation" on "the road to energy independence."

  • Conservatives must keep "taxes low" and simplify the tax code.

  • "Extending health care to all Americans" by "using market-based programs."

  • The US "must treat teaching as a true profession"

  • The US must "meet the economic rise of China and Asia head-on.

  • The US must continue "investing in technology."

    • Commonwealth PAC spokesman Jared Young said the letter was meant as a both a "survey of what issues are important to folks" as well as "a fundrasing letter." After 11/7, said Young,. "I think it's be safe to assume that the commonwealth pac will continue to help Republican candidates."

    Squibs:

  • The Boston Globe takes a fascinating look at Romney's outreach to evangelicals. Note the Hugh Hewitt and Warren Tompkins scoops.

  • The Globe's political editor, David Dahl, passes along a compilation of everything Romney has said about his religion.

  • David Yepsen likes Joe Biden for breathing a bresh of fresh air into the Democratic ideas matrix. And he thinks Kerry's '08 hopes are... a botched joke.

  • Peter Wallsten in the Los Angeles Times also puts the virtual kibosh on Kerry's 08 hopes.

  • Ex-SC Gov. David Beasley (R) accompanied NY Gov. George Pataki (R) to IA 11/1 and said of the state: "I've never seen anything like it in my life" (AP).

  • Sen. John McCain's Straight Talk America PAC signed up four SC solicitors:
    Seventh Circuit Solicitor Trey Gowdy of Spartanburg, Eighth Circuit Solicitor Jerry Peace of Greenwood, Ninth Circuit Solicitor Ralph Hoisington of Charleston, and Eleventh Circuit Solicitor Donnie Myers of Lexington will serve as co-chairs of the PAC in South Carolina. They will help guide Straight Talk America’s efforts to support Republican candidates up and down the ballot, especially in the South Carolina.


    Posted at 12:48 PM

    Comments


    We've had many conservative passengers in the presidency, but no drivers who are willing to reach out and unite the movement around conservatism's core principles...principles from which we have obviously strayed.

    Romney's letter is a good indication that he is a conservative leader of the kind we have not had since Reagan.

    murphy | 11.02.06 03:50 PM

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