February 05, 2008

Madden: "A Big Fat Question Mark" On McCain

Mitt Romney press sec. Kevin Madden just told reporters that John McCain "woefully underperformed given the expectations he set for himself." Madden added: "There's a big fat question mark next to John McCain."

Madden also said he's got to look further into the exit polls, but that McCain is losing among conservatives again, and that it looks like is "willing to antagonize a lot of conservatives."

As for Huckabee, Madden laughed at his statement that the race is now a two-person race between him and McCain. He said that Huckabee doesn't have the ability to make the argument on electability that the Romney camp does, and that's one of the things they will be pointing out going forward. The other big forthcoming message is that Romney is the GOPer who can best present a contrast to the Dem candidates -- a message they've been using a lot lately (NBC/National Journal).

Posted at 11:33 PM

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